Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"Yes," said the Assistant Commissioner; "I have. I do not mean to say
that you have not thought of Michaelis at all. But you are giving the
fact you've mentioned a prominence which strikes me as not quite candid,
Inspector Heat. If that is really the track of discovery, why haven't
you followed it up at once, either personally or by sending one of your
men to that village?"


"Do you think, sir, I have failed in my duty there?" the Chief Inspector
asked, in a tone which he sought to make simply reflective. Forced
unexpectedly to concentrate his faculties upon the task of preserving his
balance, he had seized upon that point, and exposed himself to a rebuke;
for, the Assistant Commissioner frowning slightly, observed that this was
a very improper remark to make.

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