Chesterton's mastery of intellectual wit "at its best." In Chesterton's work, the culprits reveal their own virtue in four chapters filled with puzzles and surprising twists. We, the exalted, spiritual, and blissfully gullible readers desired by Chesterton, are introduced to a "Club of Misunderstood Men," consisting of four polite and cheerful British gentlemen. The quartet includes a "moderate murderer," a "sincere quack," an "ecstatic thief," and a "loyal traitor" - and all four appear far worse than they actually are. Gilbert Keith Chesterton would have gladly joined this club - very British indeed.