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2、ectedthattheauthoroftheFatherBrownstoriesshouldtelladetectivestorylikeno-oneelse.Onthislevel,therefore,THEMANWHOWASTHURSDAYsucceedssuperbly;ifnothingelse,itisamagnificenttour-de-forceofsuspense-writing.However,thereaderwillsoondiscoverthatitismuchmorethanthat.Carriedalongontheboisterousrushofth
3、enarrativebyChesterton'swonderfulhigh-spiritedstyle,hewillsoonseethatheisbeingcarriedintomuchdeeperwatersthanhehadplannedon;andthetotallyunforeseeabledenouementwillproveforthemodernreader,asithasforthousandsofotherssince1908whenthebookwasfirstpublished,aninevitableandmovingexperience,astheinves
4、tigatorsfinallydiscoverwhoSundayis.3ToEdmundClerihewBentleyAcloudwasonthemindofmen,andwailingwenttheweather,Yea,asickclouduponthesoulwhenwewereboystogether.Scienceannouncednonentityandartadmireddecay;Theworldwasoldandended:butyouandIweregay;Roundusinanticordertheircrippledvicescame—Lustthathadl
5、ostitslaughter,fearthathadlostitsshame.LikethewhitelockofWhistler,thatlitouraimlessgloom,Menshowedtheirownwhitefeatherasproudlyasaplume.Lifewasaflythatfaded,anddeathadronethatstung;TheworldwasveryoldindeedwhenyouandIwereyoung.Theytwistedevendecentsintoshapesnottobenamed:Menwereashamedofhonour;b
6、utwewerenotashamed.Weakifwewereandfoolish,notthuswefailed,notthus;WhenthatblackBaalblockedtheheavenshehadnohymnsfromusChildrenwewere—ourfortsofsandwereevenasweakaseve,Highastheywentwepiledthemuptobreakthatbittersea.Foolsaswewereinmotley,alljanglingandabsurd,Whenallchurchbellsweresilentourcapand
7、bedswereheard.Notallunhelpedweheldthefort,ourtinyflagsunfurled;Somegiantslabouredinthatcloudtoliftitfromtheworld.Ifindagainthebookwefound,IfeelthehourthatflingsFaroutoffish-shapedPaumanoksomecryofcleanerthings;AndtheGreenCarnation
