" Now who can trouble you, since in six months you'll draw the arrears for your cottage, and I don't make the last bill due till after you've been paid" ?
There was also growing discontent within the New Model Army about arrears of pay and a developing dissatisfaction with the way negotiations with Charles were being handled.
And they did also say, crucially, that they would aim to get specialists trained up, will make sure they're available to deal with people who are facing arrears.
Huge amounts of shame around money as you know, having talked about it for many years as I have, and especially around anything about arrears or debts.
For example, the mortgage lender may accept lower payments for a time, so technically you're in arrears, but they won't chase you up for that money during the time when you're in this sort of lower payments situation.