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With the residue, amounting to 285,000 dollars, Lord Cochrane paid off the year's arrears to every officer and man in his employ, taking nothing for himself, but reserving the small surplus for the pressing exigencies and re-equipment of the squadron. It is unnecessary to detail the angry correspondence that arose out of that rough act of justice.
Charles's house, like a phoenix from the flames, is new painted, and going to be new furnished, with certain precautions to keep his furniture a l'abri de ses creanciers. You have heard how he has liquidated the annuity for which you was engaged. There are still arrears due to you, to a considerable amount.
But this being thus, on what grounds are the rest of mankind invited to regard this excellent man as a "victim" worthy of sympathy and of material aid? How had he come to be in arrears of a year in August 1886? The proceedings at Kilmainham tell us this. In November 1885 he had demanded, with other tenants of Mrs. Lewis, a reduction of 50 per cent.
What Betty would have said had there been no half-sovereign forthcoming history will never relate. But half-sovereigns were very few and very precious at The Dales. It was almost impossible to get any money out of Mr. Dale; he did not seem to know that there was such a thing as money. If it was put into his hand by any chance, he spent it on books. Betty's wages were terribly in arrears.
"Oh, if only some one would pay my debts!" said the Baron, with a suspicious look, "for Samanon is after me." "We have not paid up the arrears yet; your son still owes a hundred thousand francs." "Poor boy!" "And your pension will not be free before seven or eight months. If you will wait a minute, I have two thousand francs here." The Baron held out his hand with fearful avidity.
If you can send us occasionally to sea on an Admiralty case, it will be a little relief. If there are any such, I think we may despatch them. I hope Lord Justice Cairns will use the days he gains for reducing the arrears in Chancery. I am much obliged to him for his kind expressions. It is the only chance of long life. Let him not be afraid of ennui from idleness.
She took up the history of the past twenty-four hours, from the time March had left her with Miss Triscoe when he went with her father and the Addings and Kenby to see that church. She had had no chance to bring up these arrears until now, and she atoned to herself for the delay by making the history very full, and going back and adding touches at any point where she thought she had scanted it.
This time the shot went home, and in a way I was glad. I had four years' arrears to make up yet. It was not a very manly thing to do, I know it certainly wasn't at all gentlemanly but it gave me a deuce of a lot of satisfaction, and that's about all I can say in defence.
"What on earth have you been doing, Gwen, to make you so late?" said the Countess. "We couldn't wait." "It doesn't matter," was her daughter's answer. "I can gobble to make up for lost time. Don't bring any arrears, Norbury. I can go on where they are. What's this grouse? Not if it's grousey, thank you!... Oh well perhaps I can endure it ... What have I been doing?
But the Albany had been a long time in commission; her people claimed arrears of pay; and by no means relishing a voyage across the Atlantic in such weather, they absolutely refused to heave the anchor.
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