Messrs. Quirk, Gammon, and Snap's bill was £3,946 14 6 Messrs. Runnington's 1,670 12 0 Mr. Parkinson's 756 0 0 ----------- £6,373 6 6 These were his liabilities. Then his assets were:-- Money in the funds £2,640 Money at his banker's 423 Advanced by Lady Stratton 2,000 ------ £5,063 Therefore, from £6,373 6 6 Deduct 5,063 0 0 ---------- And there remained £1,310 6 6 As soon as he had made the foregoing statement on a slip of paper early in the morning in his study, (as already intimated,) he averted his eye from it, for a moment, with a sort of cold shudder. Were he to devote every farthing of assets that he had, he still could not come within £1,310 odd of his mere attorney's bills. What was he to do? The result of a long and anxious morning's calculation and scheming was to appropriate £4,000 of his assets thus--(if he could prevail upon his creditors to be for the present content with it:)-- To Messrs. Quirk, Gammon, and Snap £2,500 Messrs. Runnington 1,000 Mr. Parkinson 500 ------ £4,000 If this arrangement could be effected, then he would be able to reserve in his own hands £1,063, and retain liabilities as under:-- Messrs. Quirk, Gammon, and Snap's (balance) £1,446 14 6 Messrs. Runnington's (ditto) 670 12 0 Mr. Parkinson's (ditto) 256 0 0 ----------- £2,373 6 6