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BY GILBERT K. CHESTERTON
AUTHOR OF
"MANALIVE," "THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN," ETC.
NEW YORK JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXIV
Copyright, 1914, by JOHN LANE COMPANY
First Printing, Jan., 1914 Second Printing, Feb., 1914
TO HUGH RIVIÈRE
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CHAPTER I.
A SERMON ON INNS II. THE END OF OLIVE ISLAND III. THE SIGN OF "THE OLD SHIP" IV. THE INN FINDS WINGS V. THE ASTONISHMENT OF THE AGENT VI. THE HOLE IN HEAVEN VII. THE SOCIETY OF SIMPLE SOULS VIII. VOX POPULI VOX DEI IX. THE HIGHER CRITICISM AND MR. HIBBS X. THE CHARACTER OF QUOODLE XI. VEGETARIANISM IN THE DRAWING-ROOM XII. VEGETARIANISM IN THE FOREST XIII. THE BATTLE OF THE TUNNEL XIV. THE CREATURE THAT MAN FORGETS XV. THE SONGS OF THE CAR CLUB XVI. THE SEVEN MOODS OF DORIAN XVII. THE POET IN PARLIAMENT XVIII. THE REPUBLIC OF PEACEWAYS XIX. THE HOSPITALITY OF THE CAPTAIN XX. THE TURK AND THE FUTURISTS XXI. THE ROAD TO ROUNDABOUT XXII. THE CHEMISTRY OF MR. CROOKE XXIII. THE MARCH ON IVYWOOD XXIV. THE ENIGMAS OF LADY JOAN XXV. THE FINDING OF THE SUPERMAN
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THE FLYING INN
CHAPTER I
A SERMON ON INNS
THE sea was a pale elfin green and the afternoon had already felt the fairy touch of evening as a young woman with dark hair, dressed in a crinkly copper-coloured sort of dress of the artistic order, was walking rather listlessly along the parade of Pebblewick-on-Sea, trailing a parasol and looking out upon the sea's horizon. She had a reason for looking instinctively out at the sea-line; a reason that many young women have had in the history o