The Scandal Of Father Brown — Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Then came the Great Scandal by which her friends and enemies were horrified beyond their wildest hopes Her name was coupled as the queer phrase goes with a literary man living in Mexico in status an American but in spirit a very Spanish American Unfortunately his vices resembled her virtues in being good copy He was no less a person than the famous or infamous Rudel Romanes the poet whose works had been so universally popularized by being vetoed by libraries or prosecuted by the police Anyhow her pure and placid star was seen in conjunction with this comet He was of the sort to be compared to a comet being hairy and hot the first in his portraits the second in his poetry He was also destructive the comet s tail was a trail of divorces which some called his success as a lover and some his prolonged failure as a husband It was hard on Hypatia there are disadvantages in conducting the perfect private life in public like a domestic interior in a shop window Interviewers reported doubtful utterances about Love s Larger Law of Supreme Self Realization The Pagans applauded

John Race appeared to be very thoughtful lsquo Youve told mea lot I didnt know he said at last lsquo and I feel inclined to tell you the only thing you dont know I can imagine how those fellows calculated well enough They thought any man alive waking up in a coffin to find himself canonized like a saint and made into a walking miracle for everyone to admire would be swept alongwith his worshippers and accept the crown of glory that fell on him out the sky And I reckon their calculation was pretty practical psychology as men go Ive seen all sorts of men in all sorts of places and I tell you frankly I dont believe theres one man in a thousand who could wake up like that with all his wits about him and while he was still almost talking in his sleep would have the sanity and the simplicity and the humility to He was much surprised to find himself moved and his level voice wavering

Then came the Great Scandal by which her friends and enemies were horrified beyond their wildest hopes Her name was coupled as the queer phrase goes with a literary man living in Mexico in status an American but in spirit a very Spanish American Unfortunately his vices resembled her virtues in being good copy He was no less a person than the famous or infamous Rudel Romanes the poet whose works had been so universally popularized by being vetoed by libraries or prosecuted by the police Anyhow her pure and placid star was seen in conjunction with this comet He was of the sort to be compared to a comet being hairy and hot the first in his portraits the second in his poetry He was also destructive the comets tail was a trail of divorces which some called his success as a lover and some his prolonged failure as a husband It was hard on Hypatia there are disadvantages in conducting the perfect private life in public like a domestic interior in a shop window Interviewers reported doubtful utterances about Loves Larger Law of Supreme Self Realization The Pagans applauded