THE SUBTLE SOMETHING

June 5, 19—.

It is all right, child. I have not a word of blame, not a word of criticism even. You are valiant and original. I am sorry, of course, sorry for you, sorry for him, for myself, for everyone remotely concerned. But I am congratulatory too. I congratulate you, him, and myself. You are prepared for blame of course, for blame from everybody but your own consciousness and your own father. A young woman who engages herself to a man, remains engaged for nearly a month and then “breaks it off” when there is no conventionally agreed-upon cause for the rupture is, in the eyes of the world, a jilt. It can’t be helped. It’s no use grumbling. The world will have its labels—and small blame to it, they spare it the trouble of thinking, of exercising the faculty of discrimination. And we upon whom its labels are stuck, must just grin and wearthem. Let us see to it that we do grin and wear them—with a grace.

That “subtle something” of which you can’t say more even to me—there is no need of greater definiteness, I, as always, understand—is the true, almost the only, irremovable hindrance to happiness in marriage, the marriage of sensible people. Anything does to make fools unhappy. It is unpardonable and unforgettable. Unpardonable, because it is not a deed or even a thought or a look; unforgettable because it is always there. And the worst of it is, it can by its very nature discover itself only in intimacy. One has to jump into the water before one finds out with certainty that one can’t swim. That subtle something, so colossal, so inexpugnable yet so elusive! What is it? Where is it? Is it in the blood, or in the brain, or is it some attribute of that unthinkable but must-be-thought-of entity, the Transcendental Ego? I hate to seem so grossly materialist, but I think it is in the blood, and will be discovered some day by chemical analysis, or by an improved microscopy; caught and put into a little bottle.

At present only something finer thanchemical analysis, personal perceptiveness to wit, can discern it, and it must be the personal perceptiveness of the one most interested. All the others must needs be the veriest bunglers. That is why I am not kicking myself to any extent for having thought, in my blindness, my inevitable blindness, that he was all right, that he would do. He would have done for me, but how could I know that he would not have done for you? And yet I did just once have the vaguest, dimmest, shadowiest ghost of a suspicion that all was not quite well. It scurried past me that thought, that thought that was not quite a thought, across the darkness of my mind as a small mouse scurries across a dark room. It was one night when you had been seeing him off downstairs and we were all in the drawing-room. When you came back I caught a look upon your face ... no, something less than that ... just a flicker across your lips ... and it made me uneasy, gave me a tiny twinge in that rickety old heart of mine, it kept me awake for an hour or two, as a mouse, fidgeting, has often done.

I am glad of one thing though; that except in the matter of which I could notjudge, I did not judge him wrongly. Heismade of the right stuff. I had a letter from him last night—a letter from a man to a man. He doesn’t whine, he doesn’t rage, he doesn’t wrangle. He doesn’t even complain. He accepts the inevitable. I think the final test of a man is his attitude in face of the inevitable. I will never show you that letter—of course you would not wish it. I feel in a curious way as though it were I and not you who had hurt him.

Once more then, my daughter, you are right. You have done well. Let no misgivings on that point ever gnaw or even nibble. There are not many things that can justify the breach of a betrothal deliberately entered upon. That subtle something is one of them. Had the case been reversed, had it been he instead of you who had made the discovery, I should have said the same.

Now let the subject be dropped for ever. We will not even refer to it, no, not by a look, when you come home next week.

Your approving

Father.

THE END

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Stories from the Operas.

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A charming series of tales arranged from the Grand Operas. Few people seem to know the actual stories contained in the great music dramas of Wagner and others.

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ByHélène Vacaresco.

Crown 8vo. Cloth. Decorated Cover. 6s.

This is a novel which will assuredly create a great sensation. The brilliant authoress was barely 18 when the Academy crowned her first volume of poems, “Chants d’Aurore.”

The close friendship between the Queen of Roumania, Carmen Sylva, and Hélène Vacaresco is well known, and also the romance of the projected marriage between the young poet and the royal prince of Roumania; this project was abandoned for State reasons, but it created an idyllic and legendary atmosphere round the authoress.

Her book, while pure fiction, may be said to mirror the mode of living and sentiments of certain royal personages, and probably no more intimate picture of Court Life from the inside has ever been published. It is a story full of passion and interest.

The Salving of a Derelict.

ByMaurice Drake.

TheDaily Mailoffered a prize of £100 for the best novel, and over 600 competitors sent in manuscripts. The prize was awarded to this thrilling and romantic adventure story.

Lucy of the Stars.

ByFrederick Palmer.

With Four Illustrations.

First Reviews.“Delightful reading—the study of the central figure is work of which the author may well be proud.”—Country Life.“This is a remarkably clever novel, and Lucy is as delightful a personage as any of recent fiction.”—Dundee Advertiser.“We have not recently read anything which left upon us so profound an impression of the writer’s ability.”—Glasgow Herald.“Far above the average.”—Birmingham Post.“Good, sincere, and readable.”—Belfast N. Whig.

First Reviews.

“Delightful reading—the study of the central figure is work of which the author may well be proud.”—Country Life.

“This is a remarkably clever novel, and Lucy is as delightful a personage as any of recent fiction.”—Dundee Advertiser.

“We have not recently read anything which left upon us so profound an impression of the writer’s ability.”—Glasgow Herald.

“Far above the average.”—Birmingham Post.

“Good, sincere, and readable.”—Belfast N. Whig.

The Arncliffe Puzzle.

ByGordon Holmes.

A Thrilling Detective Romance of Love, Mystery, and Murder.

First Reviews.“An exceptionally ingenious murder mystery.”—Literary World.“The book must be read at a sitting; it is impossible to lay it down until it is finished.”—Madame.“The characters are well contrasted—the solution emotionally effective.”—Athenæum.“This vivacious and attractive record.”—Glasgow Herald.“Stirring and well contrived.”—Morning Leader.“Spirited and well written—a thoroughly readable book.”—Speaker.“What one looks for are a strong plot, sustained interest, and good situations, and Mr. Holmes gives these to his readers in full measure.”—Manchester Guardian.

First Reviews.

“An exceptionally ingenious murder mystery.”—Literary World.

“The book must be read at a sitting; it is impossible to lay it down until it is finished.”—Madame.

“The characters are well contrasted—the solution emotionally effective.”—Athenæum.

“This vivacious and attractive record.”—Glasgow Herald.

“Stirring and well contrived.”—Morning Leader.

“Spirited and well written—a thoroughly readable book.”—Speaker.

“What one looks for are a strong plot, sustained interest, and good situations, and Mr. Holmes gives these to his readers in full measure.”—Manchester Guardian.

T. Werner Laurie, Clifford’s Inn, London.

5th Thousand now ready, with additional Chapters onMisery Bridge and Specimen hands.THE NEW LAWS OF BRIDGEAND COMMENTS THEREON.The CompleteBridge PlayerByEDWYN ANTHONY(“Cut Cavendish”).Crown 8vo, 244 pages, 2s. 6d. net.A bright and cheery guide, carrying the reader through Bridge in all its varying stages, and finally landing him on the high road to success.Although the treatise will be readily understood by beginners, the more advanced player will derive considerable pleasure and profit from a study of its contents.The arrangement of the book is excellent, its advice sound and practicable, and attention to its precepts should qualify the reader as an expert in the game.The chapters on Dummy, Cut Throat, Auction, Duplicate, Progressive, and Misery Bridge will also no doubt be widely appreciated, whilst the revised laws of the game are included in the volume.Introduction. A Vocabulary of Bridge. How to Play the Game. A First Lesson in Bridge. The Declaration in No Trumps. The Play in No Trumps. A Red Suit Declaration. A Black Suit Declaration. The Play to a Suit Declaration. The Double and Redouble. The Original Lead. The Finesse and the Discard. The Play of the Hand. Some Bridge Maxims. Penalties, and When to Enforce Them. Etiquette of the Game. English and American Codes. The New Laws of Bridge. Dummy Bridge. Cut Throat Bridge. Auction Bridge. Progressive Bridge. Duplicate Bridge. Specimen Hands. Misery Bridge.T. Werner Laurie, Clifford’s Inn, London.

5th Thousand now ready, with additional Chapters onMisery Bridge and Specimen hands.

THE NEW LAWS OF BRIDGEAND COMMENTS THEREON.

The CompleteBridge Player

ByEDWYN ANTHONY(“Cut Cavendish”).

Crown 8vo, 244 pages, 2s. 6d. net.

A bright and cheery guide, carrying the reader through Bridge in all its varying stages, and finally landing him on the high road to success.

Although the treatise will be readily understood by beginners, the more advanced player will derive considerable pleasure and profit from a study of its contents.

The arrangement of the book is excellent, its advice sound and practicable, and attention to its precepts should qualify the reader as an expert in the game.

The chapters on Dummy, Cut Throat, Auction, Duplicate, Progressive, and Misery Bridge will also no doubt be widely appreciated, whilst the revised laws of the game are included in the volume.

Introduction. A Vocabulary of Bridge. How to Play the Game. A First Lesson in Bridge. The Declaration in No Trumps. The Play in No Trumps. A Red Suit Declaration. A Black Suit Declaration. The Play to a Suit Declaration. The Double and Redouble. The Original Lead. The Finesse and the Discard. The Play of the Hand. Some Bridge Maxims. Penalties, and When to Enforce Them. Etiquette of the Game. English and American Codes. The New Laws of Bridge. Dummy Bridge. Cut Throat Bridge. Auction Bridge. Progressive Bridge. Duplicate Bridge. Specimen Hands. Misery Bridge.

T. Werner Laurie, Clifford’s Inn, London.

LADY JIM OF CURZON STREET.ByFergus Hume, author of “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.” Cover design by Charles E. Dawson. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.While this is a smart Society novel in place of his more familiar detective work, Mr. Hume gives his readers plenty of mystery and excitement from his first page to his last, and they will find in the book just those qualities which have made his work so popular.PLAYING THE KNAVE.ByFlorence Warden, author of “The House on the Marsh.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.A LINDSAY’S LOVE.A Tale of the Tuileries and the Siege of Paris. ByCharles Lowe, author of “A Fallen Star,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.“I can recommend this book to all readers who appreciate a fresh and vigorous story of romance and war, told with a freshness of touch which is becoming more and more rare in modern fiction.”—T. P.’s Weekly.THE BELL AND THE ARROW.An English Love Story, ByNora Hopper(Mrs. Hugh Chesson). Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.“Mrs. Chesson is to be congratulated on her first novel. This is a book of great promise and of a considerable performance.”—Athenæum.CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG MAN.ByGeorge Moore, author of “Esther Waters,” “The Mummer’s Wife,” “Evelyn Innes,” etc. A new edition, revised, and with a new foreword. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.“It is difficult to convey a sense of the book’s brilliance in a brief review. His style has the delicious freshness of youth. His paragraphs reveal blossom after blossom, with a promise of a rarer beauty yet to come at each full stop.”—Manchester Guardian.SECOND PRINTING.THE WILD IRISHMAN.ByT. W. H. Crosland, author of “The Unspeakable Scot,” “Lovely Woman,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.Contents: Disthressful—The Shillelagh—Blarney—Whiskey—The Patriot—Orangemen—The Low Scotch—Priestcraft—Morals—Pretty Women—The London Irish—Tom Moore—Mr. W. B. Yeats—Wit and Humour—More Wit and Humour—Dirt—The Tourist—Potatoes—Pigs—Emigration.

LADY JIM OF CURZON STREET.ByFergus Hume, author of “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.” Cover design by Charles E. Dawson. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.

While this is a smart Society novel in place of his more familiar detective work, Mr. Hume gives his readers plenty of mystery and excitement from his first page to his last, and they will find in the book just those qualities which have made his work so popular.

PLAYING THE KNAVE.ByFlorence Warden, author of “The House on the Marsh.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.

A LINDSAY’S LOVE.A Tale of the Tuileries and the Siege of Paris. ByCharles Lowe, author of “A Fallen Star,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.

“I can recommend this book to all readers who appreciate a fresh and vigorous story of romance and war, told with a freshness of touch which is becoming more and more rare in modern fiction.”—T. P.’s Weekly.

THE BELL AND THE ARROW.An English Love Story, ByNora Hopper(Mrs. Hugh Chesson). Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.

“Mrs. Chesson is to be congratulated on her first novel. This is a book of great promise and of a considerable performance.”—Athenæum.

CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG MAN.ByGeorge Moore, author of “Esther Waters,” “The Mummer’s Wife,” “Evelyn Innes,” etc. A new edition, revised, and with a new foreword. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.

“It is difficult to convey a sense of the book’s brilliance in a brief review. His style has the delicious freshness of youth. His paragraphs reveal blossom after blossom, with a promise of a rarer beauty yet to come at each full stop.”—Manchester Guardian.

SECOND PRINTING.

THE WILD IRISHMAN.ByT. W. H. Crosland, author of “The Unspeakable Scot,” “Lovely Woman,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.

Contents: Disthressful—The Shillelagh—Blarney—Whiskey—The Patriot—Orangemen—The Low Scotch—Priestcraft—Morals—Pretty Women—The London Irish—Tom Moore—Mr. W. B. Yeats—Wit and Humour—More Wit and Humour—Dirt—The Tourist—Potatoes—Pigs—Emigration.

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