mortaged

Updated: June 23, 2025

But the Company agreed to halve the forfeit for delay when they'd seen what a masterpiece the work was." "Ah, yes and what about the contractors, whom he couldn't pay, I hear?" "He's paid them all in full now. The Bank arranged things." "I see. After you and he had mortaged every stick and rag you had in the world. Yes, indeed you deserve a good whipping, the pair of you!"

Johan Bojer - The Great Hunger