A peeress seeks to break off her son’s engagement.
For Cobb, see Novels 043, 146, and 216.
“Neat workmanship and artistic reticence.” Spectator, May 20, 1899
A different view:
“The workmanlike skill and cleverness with which this story is put together, its smart and epigrammatic dialogue, and more than one excellent character outline, combine to increase the regret, which grows in reading it, that so much ability should have been bestowed upon such poor material. Thin, stagey, and well-worn are the devices and developments.” Athenaeum, July 22, 1899
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