There was nothing about him to indicate the fact that the grey jacket covered a loaded relover, that the white waistcoat covered a police card, or that the straw hat covered one of the most powerful intellects in Europe. - P10
His lean face was dark by contrast, and ended in a curt black beard that looked Spanish and suggested an Elizabethan ruff. He was smoking a cigarette with the seriousness of an idler. - P10
There was nothing notable about him, except a slight contrast between the holiday gaiety of his clothes and the official gravity of his face. His clothes included a slight, pale grey jacket, a white waistcoat, and a silver straw hat with a grey-blue ribbon. - P10
THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWNBy. G. K.ChestertonThe Blue CrossBetween the silver ribbon of morning and green glittering ribbon of sea, the boat touched Harwich and let loose a swarm of folk like flies, among whom the man we must follow was by mo means conspicuous----nor wished to be. - P10
■ 저자 소개길버트 키스 체스터튼(1874년 5월 29일 - 1936년 6월 14일)은 20세기의 가장 영향력 있는 영국 작가 중 하나입니다. 그는 다양한 저널리즘, 철학, 시집, 전기, 로마 가톨릭 교회 작가, 판타지와 탐정소설 등을 다작했습니다. 재기발랄하고 독창적인 역설들을 잘 사용함으로써 ‘역설의 대가‘라는 칭호를 얻었으며, 호탕한 성격과 육중한 체구의 소유자로도 유명합니다. - P3