To Miss Carr distinctions of caste are as yet unknown. In her eyes every member of the opposite sex, from the alien who calls on Thursdays with a hurdy-gurdy to the knight-in-armour who keeps eternal vigil in the outer hall, is a "genelman." Even if you are emitting flames from your stomach, as in the present instance, you are not debarred from the title. Daphne surveys the picture in a reminiscent fashion, and her thoughts go back to a distant Sunday morning at the Rectory, with her youngest brother kneeling on the floor, endeavouring to verify a pictorial reference in this very volume. "What is he doin' to the other genelman?" continues the searcher after knowledge upon her knee, in a concerned voice. "He is trying to hurt him, dear." "What for?" So the inexorable, immemorial catechism goes on, to be answered with infinite patience and surprising resource. Presently the cycle of inquiry completes itself, and the original question crops out once more. "What did you say was ze name of that genelman?" with a puckered, frowning effort at remembrance. "Apollyon, dear." "Oh." Then the inquirer strikes a fresh note. "Do you know him?" "I used to," replies Daphne. "At least," she adds, "I used to know some one who I thought was like him. But his name turned out not to be Apollyon after all." "What _was_ his name, then--his pwoper name?" pursues Miss Carr, deeply intrigued. Daphne turns to another illustration, coming much later in the book, and surveys it with shining eyes. "His proper name, Beloved?" she asks. "Yes. What _was_ it?" "Mr Greatheart," says Daphne softly. THE END. PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. * * * * * Blackwood's New Novels. "The name of BLACKWOOD on a novel is a guarantee of good literature."--_Saturday Review._ SECOND LARGE IMPRESSION. _The Twymans._ By HENRY NEWBOLT, Author of 'The New June,' 'Admirals All,' 'The Old Country: A Romance,' &c. "A welcome refreshment to the weary traveller in the arid plains of modern fiction ... a delightful book."--_Spectator._ "One of the most beautifully written books we have read for many a long day. We congratulate Mr Newbolt. His novel has given us great delight. We urge our readers not to borrow the book--but to buy it."--_Liverpool Courier._ THIRD LARGE IMPRESSION. _A Safety Match._ By IAN HAY, Author of 'Pip,' 'The Right Stuff,' &c. "Mr Hay is a writer of great charm ... this work is peculiarly fascinating."--_Morning Post._ "'A Safety Match' is immense."--_Sheffield Telegraph._ Professor SAINTSBURY writes: "Let me congratulate you on 'A Safety Match.' I have read nothing so good for a long time." _The Keepers of the Gate._ By SYDNEY C. GRIER. "A sound and skilful piece of work."--_Times._ "Deservedly popular."--_Manchester Guardian._ _A King of Vagabonds._ By BETH ELLIS. "A story of human people and should be popular."--_Morning Post._