Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: Google Books, https://books.google.com/books/ about/whom_god_hath_joined.html?id=qaJBAQAAMAAJ. [University of Illinois Library] 2. Lower left corner of page 144 (start of Chapter XVIII.) is torn off, partially affecting three lines of text. Lacunae indicated by [* * *]. [Illustration: Front Cover] WHOM GOD HATH JOINED. A Question of Marriage. BY FERGUS HUME, AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "THE MAN WITH A SECRET," "MONSIEUR JUDAS," ETC., ETC. The saying that no one can serve two masters has its exception in the case of a wife and mother, who is bound by her marriage vows and maternal instincts to love in equal measure her husband and children; but alas for the happiness of the family should she love one to the exclusion of the other, for from such exclusion arise many domestic heart burnings. _THIRD EDITION_. LONDON: F. V. WHITE & CO., 14, BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C. 1894. PRINTED BY KELLY AND CO. LIMITED, 182, 183 AND 184, HIGH HOLBORN. W.C., AND KINGSTON-ON-THAMES. CONTENTS CHAP. I. Two Friends II. An Incomplete Madonna III. The Waning of the Honeymoon IV. The Art of Conversation V. An Australian Girl VI. A Day's Shopping VII. Lady Errington's Little Dinner VIII. Eustace Examines His Mind IX. "Oh, Wilt Thou be my Bride, Kathleen?" X. Auf Wiedersehn XI. A Maiden Lady XII. Aunt Jelly's Opinion XIII. Bringing Home The Bride XIV. An Undesirable Acquaintance XV. A Woman Scorned XVI. The Events of Eighteen Months XVII. Gossip XVIII. From Foreign Parts XIX. Aunt Jelly Discusses Family Affairs XX. The Old House by the Sea XXI. From The Husband's Point of View XXII. From the Wife's Point of View XXIII. Mrs. Veilsturm's "At Home" XXIV. "On Revient Tojours à ses Premières Amours" XXV. Fascination XXVI. Aunt Jelly Interferes XXVII. The Deity Called Fate XXVIII. Husband and Wife XXIX. The Question of Marriage XXX. Cleopatra Victrix XXXI. In the Coils of the Serpent XXXII. What Made the Ball sae Fine? XXXIII. Pallida Mors XXXIV. The Assaults of the Evil One XXXV. For my Child's Sake XXXVI. The Death of the First-born XXXVII. The Truth about Mrs. Veilsturm XXXVIII. The Last Temptation XXXIX. "And Kissed again with Tears" XL. A Letter from Home TO MY CRITICS, IN APPRECIATION OF THE KIND MANNER IN WHICH THEY HAVE REVIEWED MY FORMER BOOKS, I DEDICATE THIS WORK. If marriages are made above, They're oft unmade by man below, There should be trust, and joy, and love, If marriages are made above; But should Heav'n mate a hawk and dove, Such match unequal breeds but woe, If marriages are made above, They're oft unmade by man below. WHOM GOD HATH JOINED.