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“No,”saidFatherBrownhuskily,andlookingathisboots;“thereisonlyonelacewheretheygrow.Theygrowinthebasketoftheguillotine,besidewhichthechiefofolice,AristideValentin,wasstandingnotanhourbeforethemurder.Oh,myfriends,hearmeaminutemorebeforeyoutearmeinieces.Valentinisanhonestman,ifbeingmadforanarguablecauseishonesty.Butdidyouneverseeinthatcold,greyeyeofhisthatheismad!Hewoulddoanything,anything,tobreakwhathecallsthesuerstitionoftheCross.Hehasfoughtforitandstarvedforit,andnowhehasmurderedforit.Braynescrazymillionshadhithertobeenscatteredamongsomanysectsthattheydidlittletoalterthebalanceofthings.ButValentinheardawhiserthatBrayne,likesomanyscatter-brainedscetics,wasdriftingtous;andthatwasquiteadifferentthing.BraynewouldoursuliesintotheimoverishedandugnaciousChurchofFrance;hewouldsuortsixNationalistnewsaerslikeTheGuillotine.Thebattlewasalreadybalancedonaoint,andthefanatictookflameattherisk.Heresolvedtodestroythemillionaire,andhediditasonewouldexectthegreatestofdetectivestocommithisonlycrime.