# Mr. Peregrine Smart — The Secret of Father Brown character guide

> Mr. Peregrine Smart in The Secret of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Smart, Smart, old Smart, Peregrine Smart

**First appearance:** 0001-the-secret-of-father-brown

## Who they are

An old man involved in a mystery.

## In the story

### [The Song of the Flying Fish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_father_brown_se/chapters/the-song-of-the-flying-fish)

Obsessive collector of goldfish made of gold and rubies; shows them off to neighbors and travels to London, leaving the fish in his inner room.

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