arrearage

can you believe the gall of that guy?
what guy, lord?
ba'al. writing to tell me I'm behind in my payments.
payments?
for that little cottage he sold me a while back.
well, are you behind on the payments?
damn right I am! the place is a dump!
then why did you buy it?
he sweet-talked me into it. that charlatan!
you let him talk you into buying a house?
I know! I know! I should have taken care of him long ago.
maybe the house can be fixed up?
it would take an act of God to do that.
well. . .
oh, right. well, I meant that, you know, rhetorically.
of course, lord.