Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad

"He gave it to me," she murmured, suddenly subdued and trembling. Comrade
Ossipon put down his rising surprise with a firm hand.

"Why, then--we are saved," he uttered slowly.

She leaned forward, and sank against his breast. He welcomed her there.
She had all the money. Her hat was in the way of very marked effusion;
her veil too. He was adequate in his manifestations, but no more. She
received them without resistance and without abandonment, passively, as
if only half-sensible. She freed herself from his lax embraces without
difficulty.