Pay or die

The mystery is slowly being unraveled as I am talking to you right now. The busy-ness and the helter skelter is apparently due to the fact that Ausi Maggie, the sole proprietor and chief executive hostess of the establishment, has pressed the panic button. She has given everyone forty-eight hours to settle their bills, and time is running out! In fact, it is forty-eight hours from yesterday, so we are talking effectively twenty-four hours.

The fellows have realised all of a sudden that twenty-four hours is not a long time after all. Especially those who only have money at month end. This ultimatum has made them realise how things can suddenly change from wet to dry.