The landlord and tenant, for example, might jointly be obliged to record their lease in a public register.

例如，房东和租客可能共同有义务在公共登记册上记录他们的租约。

So he turned to some of the dry matters of business that lay between Mr. Bell and him, as landlord and tenant.

因此，他转而处理贝尔先生和他作为房东和房客之间的一些干巴巴的生意。