[The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad]@TWC D-Link bookThe Secret Agent CHAPTER II 39/71
You shall--" Mr Vladimir, frowning, paused, at a loss for a sufficiently idiomatic expression, and instantly brightened up, with a grin of beautifully white teeth.
"You shall be chucked," he brought out ferociously. Once more Mr Verloc had to react with all the force of his will against that sensation of faintness running down one's legs which once upon a time had inspired some poor devil with the felicitous expression: "My heart went down into my boots." Mr Verloc, aware of the sensation, raised his head bravely. Mr Vladimir bore the look of heavy inquiry with perfect serenity. "What we want is to administer a tonic to the Conference in Milan," he said airily.
"Its deliberations upon international action for the suppression of political crime don't seem to get anywhere.
England lags. This country is absurd with its sentimental regard for individual liberty.
It's intolerable to think that all your friends have got only to come over to--" "In that way I have them all under my eye," Mr Verloc interrupted huskily. "It would be much more to the point to have them all under lock and key. England must be brought into line.
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