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"

The

total

is

right

,

"

said

I.

"

No

;

go

over

each

figure

now

,

"

she

answered

.

"

I

am

sure

it

ca

n't

be

so

much

;

I

am

positive

of

it

.

"

And

I

commenced

to

check

each

line

--

2

loaves

at

2 1/2

d.

,

1

lamp

chimney

,

3d.

,

soap

,

4d.

,

butter

,

5d

...

.

It

did

not

require

any

particularly

shrewd

head

to

run

up

these

rows

of

figures

--

this

little

huckster

account

in

which

nothing

very

complex

occurred

.

I

tried

honestly

to

find

the

error

that

the

woman

spoke

about

,

but

could

n't

succeed

.

After

I

had

muddled

about

with

these

figures

for

some

minutes

I

felt

that

,

unfortunately

,

everything

commenced

to

dance

about

in

my

head

;

I

could

no

longer

distinguish

debit

or

credit

;

I

mixed

the

whole

thing

up

.

Finally

,

I

came

to

a

dead

stop

at

the

following

entry

--

"

3

.

5/16ths

of

a

pound

of

cheese

at

9d

.

"

My

brain

failed

me

completely

;

I

stared

stupidly

down

at

the

cheese

,

and

got

no

farther

.

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"

It

is

really

too

confoundedly

crabbed

writing

,

"

I

exclaimed

in

despair

.

"

Why

,

God

bless

me

,

here

is

5/16ths

of

a

pound

of

cheese

entered

--

ha

,

ha

!

did

any

one

ever

hear

the

like

?

Yes

,

look

here

;

you

can

see

for

yourself

.

"

"

Yes

,

"

she

said

;

"

it

is

often

put

down

like

that

;

it

is

a

kind

of

Dutch

cheese

.

Yes

,

that

is

all

right

--

five-sixteenths

is

in

this

case

five

ounces

.

"

"

Yes

,

yes

;

I

understand

that

well

enough

,

"

I

interrupted

,

although

in

truth

I

understood

nothing

more

whatever

.

I

tried

once

more

to

get

this

little

account

right

,

that

I

could

have

totted

up

in

a

second

some

months

ago

.

I

sweated

fearfully

,

and

thought

over

these

enigmatical

figures

with

all

my

might

,

and

I

blinked

my

eyes

reflectingly

,

as

if

I

was

studying

this

matter

sharply

,

but

I

had

to

give

it

up

.

These

five

ounces

of

cheese

finished

me

completely

;

it

was

as

if

something

snapped

within

my

forehead

.

But

yet

,

to

give

the

impression

that

I

still

worked

out

my

calculation

,

I

moved

my

lips

and

muttered

a

number

aloud

,

all

the

while

sliding

farther

and

farther

down

the

reckoning

as

if

I

were

steadily

coming

to

a

result

.

She

sat

and

waited

.

At

last

I

said

:

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"

Well

,

now

,

I

have

gone

through

it

from

first

to

last

,

and

there

is

no

mistake

,

as

far

as

I

can

see

.

"

"

Is

n't

there

?

"

replied

the

woman

,

"

is

n't

there

really

?

"

But

I

saw

well

that

she

did

not

believe

me

,

and

she

seemed

all

at

once

to

throw

a

dash

of

contempt

into

her

words

,

a

slightly

careless

tone

that

I

had

never

heard

from

her

before

.

She

remarked

that

perhaps

I

was

not

accustomed

to

reckon

in

sixteenths

;

she

mentioned

also

that

she

must

only

apply

to

some

one

who

had

a

knowledge

of

sixteenths

,

to

get

the

account

properly

revised

.

She

said

all

this

,

not

in

any

hurtful

way

to

make

me

feel

ashamed

,

but

thoughtfully

and

seriously

.

When

she

got

as

far

as

the

door

,

she

said

,

without

looking

at

me

:

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