Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"He should be recommended to follow a treatment of some sort," the
soldierly voice of the active-looking man was heard advising earnestly
from a distance. He was in the pink of condition for his age, and even
the texture of his long frock coat had a character of elastic soundness,
as if it were a living tissue. "The man is virtually a cripple," he
added with unmistakable feeling.


Other voices, as if glad of the opening, murmured hasty compassion.
"Quite startling," "Monstrous," "Most painful to see." The lank man,
with the eyeglass on a broad ribbon, pronounced mincingly the word
"Grotesque," whose justness was appreciated by those standing near him.
They smiled at each other.

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