The Secret of Father Brown

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1. The Secret of Father Brown
   FLAMBEAU, once the most famous criminal in France and later a very private detective in England, had long retired from both professions. So…
2. I — 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…
3. I — The Mirror of the Magistrate (2)
   Mr. Osric Orm, the poet, was not a model of self-expression when it came to the answering of questions. There, in that corner of the old ga…
4. II — 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…
5. II — The Man with Two Beards (2)
   "I'm afraid it is taking a liberty with your house, Mrs. Bankes," he said. "But I think I can explain how the business happens to concern y…
6. III — 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…
7. III — The Song of the Flying Fish (2)
   He ran downstairs in a flutter and Boyle could hear the clattering of the bars upon the front door; but Boyle himself stepped out upon the…
8. IV — 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…
9. IV — 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…
10. V — 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…
11. V — The Vanishing of Vaudrey (2)
    Smith shuddered suddenly. "I can well believe it's the most horrible thing you've seen," he said. "I think it's seeing the face upside down…
12. VI — 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.…
13. VI — The Worst Crime in the World (2)
    "I am a private gentleman," said Musgrave, "as well as the custodian of a great inheritance. And my son did something so horrible that he h…
14. VII — 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…
15. VII — The Red Moon of Meru (2)
    The others obeyed, some racing down the corridor and some leaping over the low wall, with the result that a little crowd, consisting of Har…
16. VIII — 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…
17. VIII — The Chief Mourner of Marne (2)
    "First, it was stated that James Mair was engaged to be married, but somehow became unattached again after the death of Maurice Mair. Why s…
18. VIII — The Chief Mourner of Marne (3)
    "Yes," said Father Brown quietly to the questioning company afterwards. "He has given me the right to speak; but I will not tell it as he t…
19. 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…