Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad


Another waterproof sheet was spread over that table in the manner of a
table-cloth, with the corners turned up over a sort of mound--a heap of
rags, scorched and bloodstained, half concealing what might have been an
accumulation of raw material for a cannibal feast. It required
considerable firmness of mind not to recoil before that sight. Chief
Inspector Heat, an efficient officer of his department, stood his ground,
but for a whole minute he did not advance. A local constable in uniform
cast a sidelong glance, and said, with stolid simplicity:

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Part of a series of experiments in web preservation under the direction of Michael L. Nelson, Ph.D.