Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad

Mr Verloc intimated in a throaty, veiled murmur that he was no longer
young.

"Oh! That's a failing which age does not cure," Mr Vladimir remarked,
with sinister familiarity. "But no! You are too fat for that. You
could not have come to look like this if you had been at all susceptible.
I'll tell you what I think is the matter: you are a lazy fellow. How
long have you been drawing pay from this Embassy?"