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Quotation from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
“I caught him, with an unseen hook and an invisible line which is long enough to let him wander to the ends of the world, and still to bring him back with a twitch upon the thread.”
The Innocence of Father Brown, The Queer Feet (Project Gutenberg #204)
Brown tells the club members how he recovered their silver from the thief he let go, hinting at the grace that will bring Flambeau back.
Citation: "I caught him, with an unseen hook and an invisible line which is long enough to let him wander to the ends of the world, and still to bring him back with a twitch upon the thread." — G. K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown, The Queer Feet (Project Gutenberg #204). (id the-innocence-of-father-brown-q3)
Portrait: Innocence of Fr Brown Lucas 006, Sydney Seymour Lucas, Public domain.
