Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad

Mr Verloc answered with some surprise that he was not aware of having
anything special to say. He had been summoned by a letter--And he
plunged his hand busily into the side pocket of his overcoat, but before
the mocking, cynical watchfulness of Mr Vladimir, concluded to leave it
there.

"Bah!" said that latter. "What do you mean by getting out of condition
like this? You haven't got even the physique of your profession. You--a
member of a starving proletariat--never! You--a desperate socialist or
anarchist--which is it?"