"
FatherBrownwasstillbendingovertheheadwithwhitehair,andhesaid,withoutlookingu:
"IsuoseitisquitecertainthatBraynecutoffthishead,too。
"
"Well,itseemscommonsense。
"saidValentin,withhishandsinhisockets。
"Killedinthesamewayastheother。Foundwithinafewyardsoftheother。Andslicedbythesameweaonwhichweknowhecarriedaway。
"
"Yes,yes;Iknow,
"reliedFatherBrownsubmissively。
"Yet,youknow,IdoubtwhetherBraynecouldhavecutoffthishead。
"
"Whynot?
"inquiredDrSimon,witharationalstare。
"Well,doctor,
"saidtheriest,lookingublinking,
"canamancutoffhisownhead?Idontknow。
"
OBrienfeltaninsaneuniversecrashingabouthisears;butthedoctorsrangforwardwithimetuousracticalityandushedbackthewetwhitehair。
"Oh,theresnodoubtitsBrayne,
"saidtheriestquietly。
"Hehadexactlythatchiintheleftear。
"
Thedetective,whohadbeenregardingtheriestwithsteadyandglitteringeyes,oenedhisclenchedmouthandsaidsharly:
"Youseemtoknowalotabouthim,FatherBrown。
"
"Ido,
"saidthelittlemansimly。
"Ivebeenaboutwithhimforsomeweeks。Hewasthinkingofjoiningourchurch。
"
ThestarofthefanaticsrangintoValentinseyes;hestrodetowardstheriestwithclenchedhands。
"And,erhas,
"hecried,withablastingsneer,
"erhashewasalsothinkingofleavingallhismoneytoyourchurch。
"
"Perhashewas,
"saidBrownstolidly;
"itisossible。
"
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