Meanings of own subtlety in English

�Yes-well ?� hesaid,wincingat the echo of his own subtlety.

The gesture was a subtle suggestion that the captain's own subtlety had escaped Tye's understanding.

She had trusted too much to her own subtlety.

Mr. Gilgan, safe in his own subtlety, was ready with a toll of the supposed recalcitrants.

A victim of its own subtlety?

She now came into the presence of one whose manly beauty and strong passions were matched by her own subtlety and appealing charm.

He recalled his own subtlety and agility with a genuine smile as he exchanged his dripping uniform for more informal trousers and a house coat.

Kedzie rather hoped he had done something to conceal, since that would be an atonement for her own subtleties.