The Complete Father Brown Stories

by G.K. Chesterton

‘You attacked reason,’ said Father Brown. ‘It’s bad theology.’

What do you call a man who wants to embrace the chimney-sweep?’ ‘A saint,’ said Father Brown. ‘I think,’ said Sir Leopold, with a supercilious smile, ‘that Ruby means a Socialist.’

Father Brown, whether from a professional interest in ritual or a strong individual interest in tomfoolery,