"I was married to Pamela Vane." "You were married to Miss Vane!" cried Lord Crosland.

"But how--how on earth did you manage it?
It was impossible!" "I committed that legal misdemeanour known as false entry," said Sir Tancred coolly.

"I added the necessary years to our ages." "Oh, yes, that, of course," said Lord Crosland.

"You wouldn't let an informality of that kind stand in your way.

But Miss Vane?
How did you persuade her?
I should have thought it impossible--absolutely impossible." "It ran as near impossibility as anything I can think of," said Sir Tancred slowly and half dreamily.