He assumed, as a matter of course, that the conditions of clause two would be fulfilled, and regarded the conditions themselves as a mere formality." "But," Jervis objected, "Jellicoe must have seen the danger of a miscarriage and pointed it out to his client." "Exactly," said Thorndyke.

"There is the mystery.

We understand that he objected strenuously, and that John Bellingham was obdurate.

Now it is perfectly understandable that a man should adhere obstinately to the most stupid and perverse disposition of his property; but that a man should persist in retaining a particular form of words after it has been proved to him that the use of such form will almost certainly result in the defeat of his own wishes; that, I say, is a mystery that calls for very careful consideration." "If Jellicoe had been an interested party," said Jervis, "one would have suspected him of lying low.

But the form of clause two doesn't affect him at all." "No," said Thorndyke; "the person who stands to profit by the muddle is George Hurst.