But please do not imagine that the evils of indissoluble marriage can
be cured by divorce laws administered on our present plan. The very
cheapest undefended divorce, even when conducted by a solicitor for its
own sake and that of humanity, costs at least 30 pounds out-of-pocket
expenses. To a client on business terms it costs about three times
as much. Until divorce is as cheap as marriage, marriage will remain
indissoluble for all except the handful of people to whom 100 pounds is
a procurable sum. For the enormous majority of us there is no difference
in this respect between a hundred and a quadrillion. Divorce is the one
thing you may not sue for in forma pauperis.
Let me, then, recommend as follows: