Four Faultless Felons

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g.k Chesterton. Four Faultless Felons

Four Faultless Felons

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PROLOGUE OF THE PRESSMAN

I. — THE MAN WITH THE GREEN UMBRELLA

II. — THE BOY WHO MADE A SCENE

III. — THE MAN WHO COULD NOT HATE

IV. — THE DETECTIVE AND THE PARSON

V. — THE THEORY OF MODERATE MURDER

VI. — THE THING THAT REALLY HAPPENED

THE HONEST QUACK

I. — THE PROLOGUE OF THE TREE

II. — THE MAN WITH THE BLACK BAG

III. — THE TRESPASSER IN THE GARDEN

IV. — THE DISEASE OF DUODIAPSYCHOSIS

V. — THE SECRET OF THE TREE

VI. — THE EPILOGUE OF THE GARDEN

THE ECSTATIC THIEF. I. — THE NAME OF NADOWAY

II. — THE BURGLAR AND THE BROOCH

III. — A QUEER REFORMATION

IV. — THE PROBLEMS OF DETECTIVE PRICE

V. — THE THIEF ON TRIAL

VI. — THE CLEANSING OF THE NAME

THE LOYAL TRAITOR. I. — THE MENACE OF THE WORD

II. — THE PROCESSION OF THE PLOTTERS

III. — THE PRINCESS INTERVENES

IV. — THE UNREASONABLENESS OF WOMAN

V. — THE TERMS OF A TRAITOR

VI. — THE SPEAKING OF THE WORD

EPILOGUE OF THE PRESSMAN

THE END

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G.K. Chesterton

Published by Good Press, 2022

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"Well, it's quite simple, isn't it?" replied his informant. "He feasts on all the most luxurious and expensive things that he doesn't like. Especially on the things that he simply detests. Under that cover, nobody can possibly accuse him of virtue. He remains impenetrably protected behind a rampart of repulsive oysters and unwelcome aperitifs. In short, the hermit must now hide anywhere but in the hermitage. He generally hides in the latest luxurious gilded hotels, because that's where they have the worst cooking."

"This is a very extraordinary tale," said the American, arching his eyebrows.

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