The Innocence of Father Brown

By: Chesterton, G. K.

Between the silver ribbon of morning and the green glittering ribbon of sea, theboat touched Harwich and let loose a swarm of folk like flies, among whom the manwe must follow was by no means conspicuous-nor wished to be. There wasnothing notable about him, except a slight contrast between the holiday gaiety ofhis clothes and the official gravity of his face. His clothes included a slight, pale greyjacket, a white waistcoat, and a silver straw hat with a grey-blue ribbon. His leanface was dark by contrast, and ended in a curt black beard that looked Spanish andsuggested an Elizabethan ruff. He was smoking a cigarette with the seriousness ofan idler. There was nothing about him to indicate the fact that the grey jacketcovered a loaded revolver, that the white waistcoat covered a police card, or thatthe straw hat covered one of the most powerful intellects in Europe. For this wasValentin himself, the head of the Paris police and the most famous investigator ofthe world; and he was coming from Brussels to London to make the greatest arrestof the century.Flambeau was in England. The police of three countries had tracked the greatcriminal at last from Ghent to Brussels, from Brussels to the Hook of Holland; and itwas conjectured that he would take some advantage of the unfamiliarity andconfusion of the Eucharistic Congress, then taking place in London. Probably hewould travel as some minor clerk or secretary connected with it; but, of course, Valentin could not be certain; nobody could be certain about Flambeau

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B093KNBNGG
• ISBN13: 9798744539856
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"