When at last his turn came, Isobel did not detain him long.
"I am going to be married," she said, "on the twenty-fourth to Major Godfrey Knight of the Indian Cavalry.

Will you kindly prepare two documents, the first to be signed before my marriage, and the second, a will, immediately after it, since otherwise it would be invalidated by that change in my condition." The lawyer stared at her, since so much legal knowledge was not common among his lady clients, and asked for instructions as to what the documents were to set out.
"They will be very simple," said Isobel.

"The first, a marriage settlement, will settle half my income free of my control upon my future husband during our joint lives.

The second, that is the will, will leave to him all my property, real and personal." "I must point out to you, Miss Blake," said the astonished lawyer, "that these provisions are very unusual.

Does Major Knight bring large sums into settlement ?" "I don't think so," she answered.