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G. K. Chesterton. The Flying Inn
The Flying Inn
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. A SERMON ON INNS
CHAPTER II. THE END OF OLIVE ISLAND
CHAPTER III. THE SIGN OF “THE OLD SHIP”
CHAPTER IV. THE INN FINDS WINGS
CHAPTER V. THE ASTONISHMENT OF THE AGENT
CHAPTER VI. THE HOLE IN HEAVEN
CHAPTER VII. THE SOCIETY OF SIMPLE SOULS
CHAPTER VIII. VOX POPULI VOX DEI
CHAPTER IX. THE HIGHER CRITICISM AND MR. HIBBS
CHAPTER X. THE CHARACTER OF QUOODLE
CHAPTER XI. VEGETARIANISM IN THE DRAWING-ROOM
CHAPTER XII. VEGETARIANISM IN THE FOREST
CHAPTER XIII. THE BATTLE OF THE TUNNEL
CHAPTER XIV. THE CREATURE THAT MAN FORGETS
CHAPTER XV. THE SONGS OF THE CAR CLUB
CHAPTER XVI. THE SEVEN MOODS OF DORIAN
CHAPTER XVII. THE POET IN PARLIAMENT
CHAPTER XVIII. THE REPUBLIC OF PEACEWAYS
CHAPTER XIX. THE HOSPITALITY OF THE CAPTAIN
CHAPTER XX. THE TURK AND THE FUTURISTS
CHAPTER XXI. THE ROAD TO ROUNDABOUT
CHAPTER XXII. THE CHEMISTRY OF MR. CROOKE
CHAPTER XXIII. THE MARCH ON IVYWOOD
CHAPTER XXIV. THE ENIGMAS OF LADY JOAN
CHAPTER XXV. THE FINDING OF THE SUPERMAN
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G. K. Chesterton
Published by Good Press, 2019
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It had all happened before anyone could move, but as he strode out into the road the policeman ran forward. Dalroy smote him flat across face and chest with the wooden sign-board, so as to send him flying into the ditch on the other side of the road. Then turning on the man in the fez he poked him with the end of the pole so sharply in his new white waistcoat and watch-chain as to cause him to sit down suddenly in the road, looking very serious and thoughtful.
The dark secretary made a movement of rescue, but Humphrey Pump, with a cry, caught up his gun from the table and pointed it at him, which so alarmed J. Leveson, Secretary, as to cause him almost to double up with his emotions. The next moment Pump, with his gun under his arm, was scampering down the hill after the Captain, who was scampering after the barrel and the cheese.
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