credit-slips

Updated: June 10, 2025

Even the sight of the unfilled-in credit-slips for the bank did not spur him to industry. There can be no doubt that he was upset. He walked across the room to the piles of Helen's books against the wall, and in sheer absence of mind picked one up, and sat on a chair, on which he had never before sat, and began to read the volume.

Arnold Bennett - Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)