Mrs.Rummel: Yes, goodness knows how they could think her pretty.
Well, Dorf came home late one evening--

Mrs.Holt: Quite unexpectedly.

Mrs.Rummel: And found his-- No, really it isn't a thing one can
talk about.

Mrs.Holt: After all, Mrs. Rummel, he didn't find anything,
because the door was locked on the inside.

Mrs.Rummel: Yes, that is just what I was going to say--he found
the door locked. And--just think of it--the man that was in the
house had to jump out of the window.

Mrs.Holt: Right down from an attic window.

Mrs.Lynge: And that was Mrs. Bernick's brother?

Mrs.Rummel: Yes, it was he.

Mrs.Lynge: And that was why he ran away to America?

Mrs.Holt: Yes, he had to run away, you may be sure.

Mrs.Rummel: Because something was discovered afterwards that was
nearly as bad; just think--he had been making free with the cash-
box...