It was quite clear to her, after hearing Mr.
Samuelsen's figures and calculations, that the shop was not at all to be despised, and she came at last to perceive that this was what had really so long kept everything going.
The two sat over their figures far into the night.

At first comprehension seemed quite hopeless to Mrs.Worse.The explanations she had heard from her husband's friends and creditors during the last few days were so complicated, and couched in terms beyond her understanding; but with Peter Samuelsen it was quite otherwise.

He never went on until he was quite sure that she comprehended what he said.

At length it all began to dawn upon her, and she kept on repeating, "I declare, it is all as clear as daylight." Next morning she ordered her carriage and drove off alone.

The scandal this excited in the town was beyond description.