Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad

He had been the first man on the spot after the explosion. He mentioned
the fact again. He had seen something like a heavy flash of lightning in
the fog. At that time he was standing at the door of the King William
Street Lodge talking to the keeper. The concussion made him tingle all
over. He ran between the trees towards the Observatory. "As fast as my
legs would carry me," he repeated twice.