[The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Club of Queer Trades CHAPTER 2 17/44
I am as right about that man as I am about your having a hat on your head.
You say it cannot be tested.
I say it can.
I will take you to see my old friend Beaumont.
He is a delightful man to know." "Do you really mean-- ?" I began. "I will apologize," he said calmly, "for our not being dressed for a call," and walking across the vast misty square, he walked up the dark stone steps and rang at the bell. A severe servant in black and white opened the door to us: on receiving my friend's name his manner passed in a flash from astonishment to respect.
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