Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad

He had gone in red. He came out a strange papery white. His face,
losing its drugged, feverish stupor, had in that short time acquired a
bewildered and harassed expression. He walked straight to the sofa, and
stood looking down at his overcoat lying there, as though he were afraid
to touch it.

"What's the matter?" asked Mrs Verloc in a subdued voice. Through the
door left ajar she could see that the customer was not gone yet.