Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad


But the anxious creature was not reassured. He pointed out that
things had been stolen out of the Louvre, which was, he dared say,
even better watched. And there was that marvellous cabinet on the
landing, black lacquer with silver herons, which alone would repay
a couple of burglars. A wheelbarrow, some old sacking, and they
could trundle it off under people's noses.


"Have you thought it all out?" she asked in a cold whisper, while
we three sat smoking to give ourselves a countenance (it was
certainly no enjoyment) and wondering what we would hear next.

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