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g.k Chesterton. Tales of the Long Bow
Tales of the Long Bow
Table of Contents
I. — THE UNPRESENTABLE APPEARANCE OF COLONEL CRANE
II. — THE IMPROBABLE SUCCESS OF MR. OWEN HOOD
III. — THE UNOBTRUSIVE TRAFFIC OF CAPTAIN PIERCE
IV. — THE ELUSIVE COMPANION OF PARSON WHITE
V. — THE EXCLUSIVE LUXURY OF ENOCH OATES
VI. — THE UNTHINKABLE THEORY OF PROFESSOR GREEN
VII. — THE UNPRECEDENTED ARCHITECTURE OF COMMANDER BLAIR
VIII. — THE ULTIMATE ULTIMATUM OF THE LEAGUE OF THE LONG BOW
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THE END
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G.K. Chesterton
Published by Good Press, 2021
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She had come suddenly round the corner of the house. Her dress was of a dark but vivid blue, very plain and angular in outline, but not outrageously artistic; and in the morning light she looked less like a schoolgirl and more like a serious woman of twenty-five or thirty; a little older and a great deal more interesting. And something in this morning seriousness increased the reaction of the night before. One single wave of thanksgiving went up from Crane to think that at least his grotesque green hat was gone and done with for ever. He had worn it for a week without caring a curse for anybody; but during that ten minutes' trivial talk under the lamp-post, he felt as if he had suddenly grown donkey's ears in the street.
He had been induced by the sunny weather to have a little table laid for three in a sort of veranda open to the garden. When the three sat down to it, he looked across at the lady and said: "I fear I must exhibit myself as a crank; one of those cranks your cousin disapproves of, Miss Smith. I hope it won't spoil this little lunch than for anybody else. But I am going to have a vegetarian meal."
