Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary. exceed about pay pick borrow oneself have cook mortifying put cut difficult money lend We waited for the asparagus to be (a)____ Panic seized me. It was not a question now of how much (b)____ I should have left for the rest of the month, but whether (c)____ enough to pay the bill. It would be (d) ____ to find myself ten francs short and obliged to (e)____ form my guest. I could not bring (f)____ to do that. I knew exactly how much I had and if the bill (g) ____ the amount, I made up.my mind that I would (h) ____ my hand in my pocket and with a dramatic cry start up and say it had been (i)____ Of course, it would be awkward if she had not enough money either to pay the bill. Then the only thing would be to leave my watch and say I would come back and (j)____ later.