what did the ironmaster and Edla learn about the peddler at the church?how did they react?
When the ironmaster and his daughter went to the church to celebrate the Christmas Eve, they learnt that a rattrap seller had stolen thirty kronor from the house of one old crofter who had given him shelter. They realized that the rattrap seller was the same person whom they had given refuge in their house.
After hearing the news both Edla and her father were unhappy. The ironmaster scolded his daughter for letting the peddler stay in their house.