The things that happen here do not seem to mean anything; they mean something somewhere else. Somewhere else retribution will come on the real offender. Here it often seems to fall on the wrong person.
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The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Sins of Prince SaradineGilbert Keith Chesterton
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