No more negotiations possible now; we couldn’t pay
the wages they want anyhow.
But the short of it is that my unfortunate uncle
has committed suicide.
One thing is obvious; it inevitably did the
opposite of what it said.
But he did make it; so he had some other reason for
making it.
By the way, why did you come to live in the
flats?
He had still less doubt that it was the dead man’s
secretary, Mr Rupert Rae.
But he did make it; so he had some other reason for
making it. Being bad inside has very little to do with committing crimes
outside.
The worst criminals have committed no crimes. I
thought you startled him by coming in just when he was coming out.
On the whole, Father Brown rather preferred the
more bourgeois group of partners.
That is what he really wanted; God knows
why.
If it was an after - thought, it was the after -
thought of a very thoughtless person.
But I shall want to see you again, Henry, about -
about winding things up generally.
It was, he cheerfully admitted, a perfectly
senseless idea.
Or it may have something to do with our friend
Wadham.
And I have a notion that this assassin is a very
thoughtful person. That’s why I had to go there early and open the door to him. The
practical point is why did the practical criminal commit this crime. That’s why I
had to go there early and open the door to him.
The answer is the answer to the question I’ve asked
twice.
But one thing they did understand; and that was
business.
You’ve got to think of the sort of man and the sort
of reputation. Their views on economics and ethics were heathen and
heartless.
It was, he cheerfully admitted, a perfectly
senseless idea. But, given the position and the person, I repeat what I said. Also
by the way, young Henry told me you made an early appointment with him when you
moved in.
Why didn’t the Other Man leave a note for the wife
like a sane man?
But I shall want to see you again, Henry, about -
about winding things up generally. The spectacles of Father Brown were turned in
mute inquiry to the eyeglasses of Mr Henry Sand. But he worried a good deal about
whether it would happen.
The worst criminals have committed no
crimes.
None of these workmen, however, bitter, would have
done a thing like that. Father Brown had been drawn into some of the debates, being
in some sense called in on both sides. But he worried a good deal about whether it
would happen. No more negotiations possible now; we couldn’t pay the wages they want
anyhow. The answer is the answer to the question I’ve asked twice. A moment after he
said: ‘There was a pin in this thing and I pricked myself.