This novel opens with a poem that declares “A cloud was on the mind of men, and wailing went the weather,” which is addressed to its author’s schoolfriend Edmund Clerihew Bentley. At the end of this novel, a character hears a “distant voice” quoting Jesus’s question “can ye drink of the cup that I drink of?” One character disputes another’s claim that revolt forms the basis of poetry in this novel’s opening chapter “The Two (*) Poets of Saffron Park.” This novel climaxes at a fancy dress ball following a surreal chase sequence involving an elephant and a hot-air balloon. (10[2])A European council in this novel turns out to include six undercover policemen rather than actual anarchists. (10[1])For 10 points, Gabriel Syme appears in what novel by G. K. Chesterton, which includes seven characters named after days of the week? ■END■