There are degrees in being hard up. We are all hard up, more or less—most of us more. Some are hard up for a thousand pounds; some for a shilling. Just at this moment I am hard up myself for a fiver.
困难是有的。我们或多或少都手足无措——我们中的大多数人更甚。有些人为了一千英镑而苦不堪言;有些为了一先令。就在这一刻,我为一个五元钱而苦恼。