Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad

She pushed the lamp-post away from her violently, and found herself
walking. But another wave of faintness overtook her like a great sea,
washing away her heart clean out of her breast. "I will never get
there," she muttered, suddenly arrested, swaying lightly where she stood.
"Never."

And perceiving the utter impossibility of walking as far as the nearest
bridge, Mrs Verloc thought of a flight abroad.