# What Every Woman Knows

Author: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5654

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=What+Every+Woman+Knows+Barrie&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

James Wylie is about to make a move on the dambrod, and in the little Scotch room there is an awful silence befitting the occasion. James with his hand poised--for if he touches a piece he has to play it, Alick will see to that--raises his red head suddenly to read Alick’s face. His father, who is Alick, is pretending to be in a panic lest James should make this move. James grins heartlessly, and his fingers are about to close on the ‘man’ when some instinct of self-preservation makes him peep once more. This time Alick is caught: the unholy ecstasy on his face tells as plain as porridge that he has been luring James to destruction. James glares; and, too late, his opponent is a simple ol...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-every-woman-knows-5654/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-every-woman-knows-5654/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-every-woman-knows-5654/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-every-woman-knows-5654/chapters/4/index.md)