"Don't know any more about it than about the antediluvians."
"It's an important point, and I should like to have it looked up."
"Well, get a lawyer here; half London is on the Continent. But still, my dear fellow, I don't see what you're driving at. You're not in debt?"
"No—this isn't debt; but it struck me that this might possibly apply to other kinds of contracts."
"Oh!"
"Yes."
"How—such as what, for instance?"
"Well, you see, I thought, you know, that all contracts might be included under it; and so I thought that if seven years or so annulled all contracts, it might have some effect, you know, upon—the—the—the marriage contract, you know."
At this Hawbury started up, stared at Dacres, gave a loud whistle, and then exclaimed,
"By Jove!"