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You have a whole week longer to stay with us; and perhaps," she went on, putting her little purse into his hands "perhaps with what's here, and the bread-bills, and what may somehow be got together before a week's at an end, we may make up the nine guineas. Who knows, dearest mother, but we may keep him with us for ever!"
- Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) : Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories

She COULD NOT SAY AMEN. She was called out of the room at this moment, for a messenger was come from the Abbey for the bread-bills. It was she who always made out the bills, for though she had not a great number of lessons from the writing-master, she had taken so much pains to learn that she could write a very neat, legible hand, and she found this very useful.
Maria Edgeworth - The Parent's Assistant
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