One combination, but four suits

W. Somerset Maugham said, "It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as to your sense of the aesthetic."

Bridge deals are sometimes aesthetic, but the right answer to all of them can usually be found by applying reason. In today's deal, what is the reasonable approach for South in four hearts after West leads the club queen?

North used a transfer bid followed by a jump to three no-trump to show the values for game with exactly five hearts and, probably, a balanced hand. Here, South would have done best to pass, but it is hard to quibble with opting for the eight-card major-suit fit. (Note that the transfer did its job. Four hearts by North goes down if East leads the spade queen.)