Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"It would be, of course, most desirable to be informed exactly," insisted
the Assistant Commissioner uncandidly.


Chief Inspector Heat, conscious of renewed irritation at this display of
scrupulousness, said that the county police had been notified from the
first of Michaelis' arrival, and that a full report could be obtained in
a few hours. A wire to the superintendent--


Thus he spoke, rather slowly, while his mind seemed already to be
weighing the consequences. A slight knitting of the brow was the outward
sign of this. But he was interrupted by a question.

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