Love the tension and interminable waiting in the opening, the suits and phones, then the husband across the crowded room, then... THE SURPRISE TWIST! .... you never disappoint!! You always surprise and delight!
Jarndice sounds like jaundice - nothing good. Had to look it up:

Jarndyce and Jarndyce (or Jarndyce v Jarndyce) is a fictional probate case in Bleak House (1852-53) by Charles Dickens, progressing in the English Court of Chancery. The case is a central plot device in the novel and has become a byword for seemingly interminable legal proceedings.