Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"How did you first come to hear of it?" he asked in a tone he tried to
render appropriate to the character of the revelations which had been
made to him by the woman at his side.


She shook violently for a while before she answered in a listless voice.


"From the police. A chief inspector came, Chief Inspector Heat he said
he was. He showed me--"


Mrs Verloc choked. "Oh, Tom, they had to gather him up with a shovel."

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