4 loaves 0 10 Sugar 0 2¾ Dripping 0 2 Meat 0 4 Potatoes 0 3 Fish 0 1¾ Tea 0 1 1 tin milk 0 2 ----- 2 2½ We have here 2s. 2½d. left between three persons—an average of 8¾d. a week or 1¼d. a day. November 1, 10s. was received. The rent was one week behind. s. d. Rent (two weeks; the landlady downstairs was pressing) 8 0 Hat and socks 0 2 Soap, soda, etc. 0 2½ ----- 8 4½ No coal, no gas. The great bargain of hat and socks for 2d. could not be passed by. s. d. 3 loaves 0 7½ 1 tin of milk 0 1 Potatoes 0 2 Dripping 0 3 Tea 0 1 Meat 0 4 Fish 0 2 Onions 0 2 Sugar 0 2 Salt and pepper 0 1 ----- 2 1½ In this instance we have 2s. 1½d. to divide between three persons—an average of 8½d. a week, or 1¼d. a day. This woman eventually became an office cleaner at 12s. a week, and her case is referred to in a previous chapter.