Quotation from: The Secret Agent

Written by: Joseph Conrad

"None whatever?" he insisted.

"A few coppers."

"It would be dangerous in that case. The money would have then to be
dealt specially with. Very specially. We'd have perhaps to lose more
than half the amount in order to get these notes changed in a certain
safe place I know of in Paris. In the other case I mean if he had his
account and got paid out under some other name--say Smith, for
instance--the money is perfectly safe to use. You understand? The bank
has no means of knowing that Mr Verloc and, say, Smith are one and the
same person. Do you see how important it is that you should make no
mistake in answering me? Can you answer that query at all? Perhaps not.
Eh?"