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"The secret of contentment," said Simon Templar oratorically, "is to take things as they come." ("The green goods man")  Simon Templar's mail, like that of any other celebrity, was a thing of infinite variety. ("The charitable countess") The stout jovial gentleman in the shapeless suit pulled a card out of his wallet and pushed it across the table. ("The mugs' game") "One of these days," said Simon Templar lazily, "when I decide to become Dictator of the Universe, I shall issue a law for the protection of men's names." ("The unkind philanthropist") One of Simon Templar's stock criticisms of the classic type of detective story is that the victim of the murder, the reluctant spark-plug of all the entertaining mystery and strife, is usually a mere nonentity who wanders vaguely through the first few pages with the sole purpose of becoming a convenient body in the library by the end of Chapter One. ("The arrow of God") | |
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He stared at the Saint for quite a long time, understanding why so many other men who had once thought themselves clever had learned to regard that cool and smiling privateer as something closely allied to the devil himself. And wondering, as they had, why the death penalty for murder had ever been invented. ("The mugs' game") (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I don't know," he began; and then, as Arthur Granville Gresson began to rise like a floating balloon from his chair, and the ebony-faced sergeant moved to intercept him like a well-disciplined automaton, he knew. ("The arrow of God") (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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This short story collection contains only stories that first appeared in earlier collections. They are "The Green Goods Man" (from the Brighter Buccaneer); "The Charitable Countess" and "The Mugs' Game" (from The Happy Highwayman); and "The Unkind Philanthropist" and "The Arrow of God" from "The Saint on the Spanish Main". | |
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