He did not mean to give her address without permission.
Soames seemed to divine his thought.
"I don't want her address," he said; "I know it." "What exactly do you want ?" "She deserted me.

I want a divorce." "Rather late in the day, isn't it ?" "Yes," said Soames.

And there was a silence.
"I don't know much about these things--at least, I've forgotten," said Jolyon with a wry smile.

He himself had had to wait for death to grant him a divorce from the first Mrs.Jolyon.

"Do you wish me to see her about it ?" Soames raised his eyes to his cousin's face.