To-morrow, if you have any cause for complaint, you should consult the proper authorities." "But you must allow me to emphasize the fact that the license is made out for the marriage of a man with a French name, whereas admittedly you have married my daughter to a man with an English or American name," said the Earl.
"I express no opinion on the point.

Your lordship may be assuming facts which are not facts." "I am making a statement which can be verified quite easily.

The name I saw on the license was that of Jean de Courtois, an undersized Frenchman whom I know by sight, whereas my unfortunate friend is a living witness to the presence here of a man who must be of powerful build and exceptional strength." Mr.Hughes surveyed Vassilan's battered face again, and a doubt, born of a vague memory, began to intrude into his own mind.

Moreover, he was an eminently reasonable old gentleman.
"Ah, yes," he said.

"My man, Jenkins, said something about a first mate and a belaying pin, whatever that may be--I fancy it is an instrument connected with the flaying of whales--and the bridegroom could certainly not be described as 'an undersized Frenchman' by anyone who paid due regard to the truth.