Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad


During the contact of that unexpected and lingering kiss Mr Verloc,
gripping with both hands the edges of his chair, preserved a hieratic
immobility. When the pressure was removed he let go the chair, rose, and
went to stand before the fireplace. He turned no longer his back to the
room. With his features swollen and an air of being drugged, he followed
his wife's movements with his eyes.


Mrs Verloc went about serenely, clearing up the table. Her tranquil
voice commented the idea thrown out in a reasonable and domestic tone. It
wouldn't stand examination. She condemned it from every point of view.
But her only real concern was Stevie's welfare. He appeared to her
thought in that connection as sufficiently "peculiar" not to be taken
rashly abroad. And that was all. But talking round that vital point,
she approached absolute vehemence in her delivery. Meanwhile, with
brusque movements, she arrayed herself in an apron for the washing up of
cups. And as if excited by the sound of her uncontradicted voice, she
went so far as to say in a tone almost tart:

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