"saidthetallriest,inthesamelowvoiceandinthesamestillosture,
"yes,IamFlambeau。
"
Then,afteraause,hesaid,
"Come,willyougivemethatcross?
"
"No,
"saidtheother,andthemonosyllablehadanoddsound。
Flambeausuddenlyflungoffallhisontificalretensions。Thegreatrobberleanedbackinhisseatandlaughedlowbutlong。
"No,
"hecried,
"youwontgiveittome,youroudrelate。Youwontgiveittome,youlittlecelibatesimleton。ShallItellyouwhyyouwontgiveittome?BecauseIvegotitalreadyinmyownbreast-ocket。
"
ThesmallmanfromEssexturnedwhatseemedtobeadazedfaceinthedusk,andsaid,withthetimideagernessof
"ThePrivateSecretary
":
"Are-areyousure?
"
Flambeauyelledwithdelight。
"Really,youreasgoodasathree-actfarce,
"hecried。
"Yes,youturni,Iamquitesure。Ihadthesensetomakeadulicateoftherightarcel,andnow,myfriend,youvegotthedulicateandIvegotthejewels。Anolddodge,FatherBrown-averyolddodge。
"
"Yes,
"saidFatherBrown,andassedhishandthroughhishairwiththesamestrangevaguenessofmanner。
"Yes,Iveheardofitbefore。
"
Thecolossusofcrimeleanedovertothelittlerusticriestwithasortofsuddeninterest。
"Youhaveheardofit?
"heasked。
"Wherehaveyouheardofit?
"
"Well,Imustnttellyouhisname,ofcourse,
"saidthelittlemansimly。
"Hewasaenitent,youknow。Hehadlivedroserouslyforabouttwentyyearsentirelyondulicatebrownaerarcels。Andso,yousee,whenIbegantosusectyou,Ithoughtofthisoorchaswayofdoingitatonce。
"
"Begantosusectme?
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