A tradesman who described himself as a "monumental mason" furnished a book of tomb designs, and Mr.Jansenius selected a highly ornamental one, and proposed to defray half the cost of its erection.
Trefusis objected that the epitaph was untrue, and said that he did not see why tombstones should be privileged to publish false statements.

It was reported that he had followed up his former misconduct by calling his father-in-law a liar, and that he had ordered a common tombstone from some cheap-jack at the East-end.

He had, in fact, spoken contemptuously of the monumental tradesman as an "exploiter" of labor, and had asked a young working mason, a member of the International Association, to design a monument for the gratification of Jansenius.
The mason, with much pains and misgiving, produced an original design.
Trefusis approved of it, and resolved to have it executed by the hands of the designer.

He hired a sculptor's studio, purchased blocks of marble of the dimensions and quality described to him by the mason, and invited him to set to work forthwith.
Trefusis now encountered a difficulty.

He wished to pay the mason the just value of his work, no more and no less.