His widow had carried on the shop and enlarged it in an ambitious way. She had continued to prosper. The she had sold the business at a handsome price and embarked upon matrimony for the second time - with Mr. Spenlow, a middle-aged jeweler who had inherited a small and struggling business. Not long afterward they had sold the business and come down to St. Mary Mead.
Mrs. Spenlow was a well-to-do woman. The profits from her florist's establishment she had invested -'under spirit guidance,' as she explained to all and sundry. The spirits had advised her with unexpected acumen.