"Wedded to a corpse," he said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"And I can neither marry nor inherit the property?"
"Just that."
"For seven years?"
"Correct."
"Seven years," she repeated, drawing her hand across her eyes.
"It is hard."
"Seven years!" she burst out, rising with a cry of despair that thrilled the lawyer. "But that is a lifetime!"
"Eh, its long enough."