Oh, not at all.

I was thinking of his financial position--an ancient family like the Dulhams; it seems too bad altogether." For, of course, to an archaeologist like Dr.Boomer an intimate acquaintance with the pedigree and fortunes of the greater ducal families from Jock of Ealing downwards was nothing.

It went without saying.

As beside the Neanderthal skull and the Bimbaweh ruins it didn't count.
Mr.Fyshe stopped absolutely still in his tracks.

"His financial position ?" he questioned, quick as a lynx.
"Certainly," said Dr.Boomer; "I had taken it for granted that you knew.