"Why, Edith," she exclaimed, "most of these bills go back for months. Why didn't you pay them when they were due?"
"Simply because I hadn't the money!"
"You've had the regular monthly amount."
"That didn't last long—"
"Why didn't you tell us?"
"Laura was here."
Deborah gave a shrug of impatience, and Roger saw how tired she was, her nerves on edge from her long day.
"Never mind about it now," he put in.
"What a pity," Deborah muttered. "If we had been told, we could have cut down."
"I don't agree with you!" Edith rejoined. "I have already done that myself! I've done nothing else!"