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FLAMBEAU, once the most famous criminal in France and later a
very private detective in England, had long retired from both professions. Some say a career of crime had left him with too many scruples f…
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The Mirror Of The Magistrate - (1)
JAMES BAGSHAW and Wilfred Underhill were old friends, and were fond of rambling through the streets at night, talking interminably as they…
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The Mirror Of The Magistrate - (2)
"Hallo, here we are again," he said. "Had a long talk with old Gwynne, I suppose?" "Sir Humphrey Gwynne is dead," said Bagshaw. "I am inves…
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The Man With Two Beards - (1)
THIS tale was told by Father Brown to Professor Crake, the celebrated criminologist, after dinner at a club, where the two were introduced…
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The Man With Two Beards - (2)
At this point, the conference was for a moment disturbed, by the return of John Bankes, from what appeared to be an abortive expedition in…
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The Song Of The Flying Fish - (1)
THE soul of Mr. Peregrine Smart hovered like a fly round one possession and one joke. It might be considered a mild joke, for it consisted…
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The Song Of The Flying Fish - (2)
As the golden birds go back to the tree My golden fishes return to me. Return "You've no right here," called out Boyle in exasperation, har…
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The Actor And The Alibi - (1)
MR. MUNDON MANDEVILLE, the theatrical manager, walked briskly through the passages behind the scenes, or rather below the scenes. His attir…
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The Actor And The Alibi - (2)
"Perhaps we think too much about the stranger," said Father Brown. "There are so many strange things in this strange theatre that you rathe…
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The Vanishing Of Vaudrey - (1)
SIR ARTHUR VAUDREY, in his light-grey summer suit, and wearing on his grey head the white hat which he so boldly affected, went walking bri…
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The Vanishing Of Vaudrey - (2)
The priest, who was talking thus flippantly to steady the other man's nerves, concluded by saying, in a more serious tone: "I quite underst…
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The Worst Crime In The World - (1)
FATHER BROWN was wandering through a picture gallery with an expression that suggested that he had not come there to look at the pictures.…
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The Worst Crime In The World - (2)
He led them into the further gallery, of which they had already caught a glimpse, and gravely paused before a row of the blackened and lowe…
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The Red Moon Of Meru - (1)
EVERYONE agreed that the bazaar at Mallowood Abbey (by kind permission of Lady Mounteagle) was a great success; there were roundabouts and…
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The Red Moon Of Meru - (2)
"Look here," cried the impetuous Tommy Hunter, "I haven't got any bumps; but you'll jolly well have some soon, you " Hardcastle mildly rest…
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The Chief Mourner Of Marne - (1)
A BLAZE of lightning blanched the grey woods tracing all the wrinkled foliage down to the last curled leaf, as if every detail were drawn i…
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The Chief Mourner Of Marne - (2)
"You mean the tragedy began," replied the priest. "The tragedy of the survivor. I thought he did not need any monkish vampires to make him…
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The Secret Of Flambeau
" the sort of murders in which I played the part of the murderer," said Father Brown, putting down the wineglass. The row of red pictures o…