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But we can still say that one of the clubs, the adventure and romance agency, which fulfills the desire for a larger theatre of events, sounds like the inspiration for the premise of fantasy island. There seems to be a confounded lot of funny things we havent heard of, said the little major reflectively. The first story in which the reader is given the pleasure to meet father brown. Northover knows, of course, but is bound by agency confidentiality not to disclose details of a story written for someone else, and major brown wont force him against his honour. Cherub swinburne describes his quest for the club of queer trades with his friend basil grant, a retired judge, and rupert grant, a private detective who is basils younger brother. The hero of these stories is not rupert, but his older brother, basil grant, a retired judge.
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