Two furnishing tradesmen at Brassing, whose bills had been incurred before his marriage, and whom uncalculated current expenses had ever since prevented him from paying, had repeatedly sent him unpleasant letters which had forced themselves on his attention.

布拉辛的两个家具商人，他们的账单在他结婚前就已经产生了，而且无法计算的经常性开支使他无法支付，他们一再给他寄来令人不快的信件，这些信件迫使他注意。