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The Blue Cross G. K. Chesterton Gilbert?Keith?Chesterton 1874.05.29－1936.06.14 An English writer , Chesterton was born in London, a small bourgeois family(小资产阶级家庭). He has produced thousands of poems and stories .His best-known works are his mystery and detective stories. Some of his characters are unforgettable, particularly the priest Father Brown. Although he appears a little stupid, Father Brown solves the most difficult mysteries in his slow, careful and extremely polite way. Famous Works ‘The Blue Cross’ 1910 ‘The Man Who Was Thursday ‘1907 ‘The?Innocence?of?Father?Brown 1911 ’The?Wisdom?of?Father?Brown’ 1914 ‘The Incredulity of Father Brown’ 1926 ‘The Secret of Father Brown’ 1927 ‘The Scandal of Father Brown’ 1935 There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. 有一个伟大人物使所有的人都感动渺小，但是真正伟大的人却使所有的人感到伟大. ------G. K. Chesterton If you are a priest(神父), will you throw the soup at the wall? If you want sugar, but the bottle is full of salt, will you be calm? Aristide Valentin Flambeau Father Brown He is the head of the Paris police and the most famous detective in the world. With grey coat, a white shirt and a silver hat. Thin, with a short black beard. A Frenchman of great strength, size and daring.(大胆的) He may appear to be anyone. He is six feet four inches tall. He is a Roman Catholic Priest. His face is round .With an old umbrella. Valentin suspect that Flambeau is going to?London to attend the international conference of clergymen(国际圣体会议 ), and possibly steal one of the precious religious cross on display there. When Valentin arrives in London, he comes a restaurant, with a strange dark liquid at the wall. He sits down and orders a cup of?coffee. When his drink arrives, he notices that the positions of the?table salt and?sugar have been changed. He calls the waiter .Waiter says it must be those two cl