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...ph Conrad A P ENN S TAT E E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ... State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad CHAPTER I M r V erloc, going out in the morni... ...ch had the appearance of being much worn and not very valuable. And 4 The Secret Agent the legs inside them did not, as a general rule, seem of much ... ...at ten addressed Winnie, bringing in the breakfast tray, with jocu- 6 The Secret Agent lar, exhausted civility, in the hoarse, failing tones of a man... ...ary party one moment as of a perfectly disciplined army, where the word of chiefs was supreme, and at another as if it had been the loosest associatio... ...o be. It has entered into the general con- ception of the existence of all chiefs of state. It’s almost con- ventional -especially since so many presi... ...st suspicion. It was legal and expedient on the face of it. His two former chiefs would have seen the point at once; whereas this one, without saying ...

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...d the earth during the month of October, so that the trees were still green and leafy in November. The French people were beginning to put faith in a secret understanding between the skies and Bonaparte, then declared Consul for life,--a belief in which that man owes part of his prestige; strange to say, on the day the sun failed him, in 1812, his luck ceased!...

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... and leafy in November. The French people were beginning to put faith in a secret understanding between the skies and Bonaparte, then declared Consul ... ...use family, and all Arcis took for granted that the citizen Marion was the secret representative of the present Marquis and his twin brother. As long ... ...and he warned the minister of police, who gave orders that Michu should be secretly watched. Not wishing to push the man to extremes, Malin kept him o... ..., far 22 An Historical Mystery more criminal in his eyes,—on Malin, whose secrets were known to the bailiff, he being in a better position than oth- ... ...le field in the English garden, a lonely spot in the park, favorable for a secret conference. There, standing in the centre of the grass plot and spea... ...red legion. Monsieur de Polignac and Monsieur de Riviere, whose conduct as chiefs of this advance was most remarkable, afterwards preserved an impenet...

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...e-boucher Street, with a poor surgeon who had known me;’ Dame de Stael has secreted her Narbonne, not knowing what in the world to make of him. The Ba... ...d, whom one Moton a watchmaker, knowing him, heroically tried to save, and secrete in the Prison, escapes to tell;—and it is Night and Orcus, and Murd... ...verturn, recommended him to be War-Minister. And now, it would seem, he is secretly undermining Roland; playing into the hands of your hotter Jacobins... ....) But as to the origin of these Grain Riots, is it not most probably your secret Royalists again? Glimpses of Priests were discernible in this of Cha... ... insurrection is verily not easy to dispose of. Keep him prisoner, he is a secret centre for the Disaffected, for endless plots, attempts and hopes of... ....” There is dipping of handker- 102 The French Revolution - V olume Three chiefs, of pike-points in the blood. Headsman Samson, though he afterwards ...

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... when, and how was it built? and how could its construction have been kept secret? Cer- tainly a Government might possess such a destructive 9 Jules ... ...arine boat had escaped the public eye? For a private gentleman to keep the secret under such circumstances would be very difficult, and for a State wh... ...e our planet, or we do not. If we do not know them all—if Nature has still secrets in the deeps for us, nothing is more conform- able to reason than t... ...Farragut has a cabin at your disposal. Very cordially yours, J. B. Hobson, Secretary of Marine. CHAPTER III I FORM MY RESOLUTION THREE SECONDS BEFORE ... ... the North Sea. Three seconds after read- ing the letter of the honourable Secretary of Marine, I felt that my true vocation, the sole end of my life,... ... in quite a crinoline of herbs, that sustained a vegetable waistband. Some chiefs had ornamented their necks with a crescent and collars of glass bead... ...les Verne which they cast from their slings with great skill. One of these chiefs, rather near to the Nautilus, examined it attentively. He was, perha...

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...t about hinting and shrugging; all to no purpose, you find boys born to be chiefs. On the day of the snow-fight Matey won the toss, and chose J. Masne... ...proud thing might bring to a hero smarting under injustice at the hands of chiefs and authorities. He passed on to Steignton, returned to London, and ... ...asions in the act of get- ting himself together for the communication of a secret; and she made ready to listen hard, with ears, eyebrows, shut month,... ... Why can’t I drive Ormont? Because I’m too fond of him. There you have the secret of the subjection of women: they can hold their own, and a bit more,... ...gram- matical, readable English. What if Lord Ormont were to take him as a secretary while the Memoirs are in hand? He might help to chasten the sente... ... She could have vowed to herself that she wrote sincerely. “He must want a secretary. He would be shy at an offer of one from me. Do you hint it, if y... ...mour of Memoirs prom- ised to the world, hinted at the possible need for a secretary; “Lord Ormont would appoint a day to see Mr. Weyburn.” Lady Charl... ... front our awkward squads. The French could boast a regimental system, and chiefs who held them as the whist-player his hand of cards. Had we a better...

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...ether differ- ent interest to this body of men. Any one initiated into the secrets of the civil discords which were then agitating the whole of France... ... saw the con- tingents arriving one after the other than he suspected some secret motive for such prompt action. Possibly he was right in ascribing it... ...lematical. This old officer, who, under instruction of his superiors, kept secret the disasters of our armies in Italy and Germany and the disturbing ... ...erto applied to all Republican recruits. Before leaving Fougeres the chief secretly issued to his own men ample supplies of ammunition and sufficient ... ...at is somewhat unusual among the landscapes of France; it held the teeming secrets of many beauties in its various contrasts, the effects of which wer... ... France by the princes, who, follow- ing the example of the other royalist chiefs, concealed his real name and title under one of those pseudonyms cal... ...e of the mountain which looks toward the valley of Couesnon. T wo or three chiefs of what were called the “Chasseurs du Roi” clustered about Marche- a... ...ousand brave 51 Balzac men. Let me speedily hear from them that the rebel chiefs have ceased to live. Glory is won by toil alone; if it could be had ... ... arraigned by the company, it was she who appeared to judge of them. These chiefs of a war undertaken for God and the king bore very little resem- bla...

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...a man in search of a woman kept at home by unexpected circum- stances. The secret of this behavior, now dilatory and again hurried, is known only to o... ...stignac is setting up as a person of consequence,” said du Chatelet to the Secretary-General. “My dear Count,” replied des Lupeaulx very seriously, “M... ...!” said Blondet. Blondet, as sharp as a needle, could detect more than one secret in Lucien’s air and manner; while stroking him down, he contrived to... ... every little thing; her chatter twinkles with bright sayings, she has the secret of the quaintest onomatopoeia, full of color, and giving color; she—... ...chool-fel- lows,” said Blondet. “You may trust her with your purse or your secrets. But what made me choose her as queen is her Bourbon-like indiffere... ...em than Contenson had. “Circumstances are against me,” he would say to his chiefs. “We might be fine crystal; we are but grains of sand, that is all.”... ...own talents and acumen made him a valuable auxiliary, and the unrecognized chiefs of the political police had kept his name on their lists. Contenson,... ... enough to say of Peyrade’s youth that in 1782 he was in the confidence of chiefs of the police and the hero of the department, highly esteemed by MM.... ...lt of the sort of zeal that is inspired by a profession we love, these two chiefs liked to place their best men in those posts where in- formation was...

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... de- scribed in the romance, she roamed a raving maniac, and for some time secreted herself from all living society. Some re- maining instinctive feel... ...stinacy the adoption of the Solemn League and Covenant, and by many of the chiefs of the Highland clans, who conceived their interest and authority to... ...a band of half salvages, who are accustomed to pay to their own lairds and chiefs, allenarly, that respect and obedience whilk ought to be paid to com... ...l number present, what return could I expect for communicating this golden secret of military tac- tic, except it may be a dirk in my wame, on placing... ... fashion of our ancient name; not one of these men knows any law but their Chiefs command—Would you dare to compare to them in value the richest ore t... ...when a few clans are assembled, are not easily commanded by one of our own Chiefs, or, to say the truth, by any other body. We have heard a rumour, in... ...consciousness, as if surprised in a conversation which they wished to keep secret from him. This did not escape Allan’s observation; he stopt short at... ...so like a man having full command of his senses, that I had resolved in my secret purpose that he was no way entitled to claim the privi- lege of insa... ...ied. In truth, Sir Duncan was very cautious to avoid those nearer and more secret paths, by means of which the county of Argyle was accessible from th...

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...d air of one who has buried the illusions of his youth and renounced every secret ambition; you would have recognized a dis- couraged, but not disgust... ... Chamber. Xavier was soon to be appointed Master of petitions, and general-secretary at his ministry. From these lower steps of the ladder the young m... ... nameless protector, he tried, for the sake of his daughter, to repair the secret loss by risk- ing part of his fortune in a speculation which had fav... ...where his thought revolved, which, we may re- mark parenthetically, is the secret of much human accom- plishment; and his labor culminated finally in ... ... about by modern customs, which Rabourdin counted among the causes of this secret demor- alization, was the fact that there is no real subordination i... ... to wit: a footman for the two bureaus, another for the service of the two chiefs, and a third for the director of the division himself. All three wer... ...arently content with his lot and liking work, he found every one, even the chiefs, ready to protect his brave career. During the last few weeks Madame... ...s detested by every one because of his imperti- nence and conceit. The two chiefs were polite to him, but the clerks held him at arm’s length and prev...

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...st woman—never to mention my name or to say that it was I who betrayed the secret?” “If that is the condition on which you speak, I will swear never t... ...e see you again. But for the necessity in which you placed me to learn the secret of your cowardly conduct with regard to the match I had planned for ... ...‘It will be better that I should fall! If Monsieur Crevel will but keep my secret, I will earn my daughter’s portion— two hundred thousand francs for ... ... very lucky.” 27 Balzac She suffered nevertheless; she gave herself up in secret to rages of torment; but as soon as she saw Hector, she always remem... ...d into the most united family. In early days, when she indulged in certain secret hopes which she confided to none, she took to wearing stays, and dre... ...in the Paris market, or the hay as it is sold in the Rue d’Enfer. The Arab chiefs, like our Spahis, prefer hard cash, and sell the plunder at a very l...

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...solely to the discovery the cardinal made, and imparted to Louis XIII., of secret documents relating to the death of Henri IV . Catherine dé Medici, o... ...Calvinists, and therefore the causes of these two events remained in their secret sphere, and were never suspected either by the writers of the people... ...t him to develop otherwise than as he did. These principles are to-day the secret law of all cabinets in which plans for the conquest and maintenance ... ...elves the lacqueys of Charles V. and Philip II., and were consequently the secret, base, and perfidious enemies of Catherine dé Medici, one of the glo... ...d Europe. All the envoys of Cosmos I. to the court of France had, in their secret instructions, an order to poison Strozzi, Catherine’s relation, when... ...s at Blois. Many of our friends are with it; but they are to be our future chiefs, and, like Monseigneur,” he added, motioning to the prince, “they mu... ...pite of certain secret advice sent to them by Catherine dé Medici, the two chiefs of the house of Bourbon resolved to be present at the States-general... ...elt. Then followed a solemn explanation between the young king and the two chiefs of the younger branch. It was short, for that the first words of the... ... inas- much as I hold the keys of the whole cabal,—the kings of Thune, the chiefs of sorcery, the gypsy fortune-tellers, the masters of the future, th...

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...Odyssey; for their origin, in all essential points, must have remained the secret of the poet.” [Note: Heeren’s Ancient Greece, p. 96.] From this crit... ...e allegorical fable—If we reflect upon those innumerable knowledges, those secrets of nature and physi- cal philosophy which Homer is generally suppos... ...e more than he finds his author is, in any particular place. It is a great secret in writing, to know when to be plain, and when poetical and figurati... ... whose whole life is a continued series of them. Mr. Stanhope, the present secretary of state, will pardon my desire of having it known that he was pl... ... sing! That wrath which hurl’d to Pluto’s gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; Whose limbs unburied on the naked shore, Devouring d... ...ty warrior! fly; Thy aid we need not, and thy threats defy. There want not chiefs in such a cause to fight, And Jove himself shall guard a monarch’s r... ...rs fall; His word the law, and he the lord of all? Him must our hosts, our chiefs, ourself obey? What king can bear a rival in his sway? Grant that th... ...e on my reeking blade.” At this they ceased: the stern debate expired: The chiefs in sullen majesty retired. Achilles with Patroclus took his way Wher... ...to flame. “Say, artful manager of heaven (she cries), Who now partakes the secrets of the skies? Thy Juno knows not the decrees of fate, In vain the p...

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...r’s leg- pads often twisted round on to his shins, so little did he make a secret of them, and he would thank any one who warned him of this little mi... ... hold, among themselves of course. They all had suspicions of a mystery, a secret such as always interests women who have had some experience of life.... ...supplies she played the sweetest of the comedies of which Eve invented the secret; but the little man put it plainly to his wife that he gave her two ... ...lue, when Dinah in sheer idleness, or per- haps sheer vanity, revealed the secret of her anonymous fame. Though a mixture of verse and prose is a mons... ...d the malig- nity of provincial society, where more than one woman, if the secret should slip out, would certainly find points of re- semblance betwee... ... before all things for peace in France, opened negotiations with the rebel chiefs, and took 56 The Muse of the Department energetic military measures...

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...en, catching with one hand at fruits, with another at colours; imagining a secret ahead, and goaded by an appetite, sustained by sheer gratifications.... ...ng up the ghost when I cease to be one soul with you, dear and dearest! No secrets, never a shadow of a deception, or else I shall feel I am not fit t... ... in a jiffy if you try it. They want the bridle-rein. That seems to me the secret of Irish character. We English are not bad horsemen. It’s a won- der... ...e an invigorating upper air gave new bloom to her cheeks; but she kept one secret from her friend. 38 Diana of the Crossways Copsley was an estate of... ...ht to the cry of Now! now! They have; and if a cry could conduct us to the secret of aiding, healing, feeding, elevating them, we might swell the cry.... ... ‘I want my girl married,’ said old Quintin. ‘He’s one of my Parliamentary chiefs, with first-rate prospects; good family, good sober fellow—at least ...

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...ere wronging the very nature of woman to force her to lay open her heart’s secrets in such broad daylight, and in presence of so great a multitude. T ... ...“I know not Lethe nor Nepenthe,” remarked he; “but I have learned many new secrets in the wilderness, and here is one of them—a recipe that an Indian ... ...ly and unreservedly to the solution of a mystery. Thou mayest cover up thy secret from the prying multitude. Thou mayest conceal it, too, from the min... ...r Prynne clasped her hand over her heart, dreading lest he should read the secret there at once. 61 Hawthorne “Thou wilt not reveal his name? Not th... ...ife, I would enjoin upon thee,” continued the scholar. “Thou hast kept the secret of thy paramour. Keep, likewise, mine! There are none in this land t... ...on, they would scantly have given themselves time to cover with their ker chiefs. All people, in a word, would come stumbling over their thresholds, ...

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...nuscript without elate, recently edited un der the title “Dr. Grimshawe’s Secret,” which bears a resem blance to some particulars in “Septimius Felt... ...me here, on this very spot. A soldier lies best where he falls.” “Here, in secret?” exclaimed Septimius. “Yes; there is no consecration in your Purita... ... it has been long enough to do a great wrong! But I will try to pray in my secret soul. T urn my face towards the trunk of the tree, for I have taken ... ...a bequest, although it might be that the dark enterprise of his nature had secretly seized upon this idea, and, though yet sane enough to be influence... ...t it was with a sort of reluctance and drawing back; her whole nature, her secretest heart, her deepest womanhood, perhaps, did not consent. There was... ...ow this good drink, and the faculty of making it, came down to me from the chiefs, and sachems, and Peow wows, that were your ancestors and mine, Sept... ...some out break of the tribe, perhaps owing to the jealousy of promi nent chiefs at seeing their natural authority abrogated or absorbed by a man of ... ...ed to have been remarkable men, and to that strange wild lineage of Indian chiefs, whose blood was like that of persons not quite human, intermixed wi...

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... in 12 Ursula his house, held him at arm’s length, and never confided any secret or delicate affair to his keeping. In return the clerk fawned upon t... ...e working hands, in the weakly lungs, in the forehead big with genius. The chiefs of the clan were faithful to the little town, where the ties of fami... ...volent of men, and, like Larrey, kept his 23 Balzac kind deeds a profound secret. The heirs watched the arrival of their uncle’s fine furniture and l... ...der but sorrowful smile on their lips, carrying with them to the grave the secret of their lives; letting no one guess it,—through pride, through dis-... ... T old of the doctor’s intention to send away his housekeeper, La Bougival secretly learned to cook, became neat and handy, and discovered the old man... ... really as keen as a blade. In pursuit of usurious fortune he did business secretly with Massin, to whom he no doubt pointed out such peasants as were...

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... and seemed weary, not with age, but with the possession of a burden- some secret of existence. Karain, heavy and proud, had a lofty pose and breathed... ...red his food, his repose, and his thoughts; he knew his plans, guarded his secrets; and, impassive behind his master’s agitation, with- out stirring t... ...eath of her first husband, un- dismayed by the turbulent opposition of the chiefs, she married a rich trader, a Korinchi man of no fam- ily. Karain wa... ... solitude. In his council hall he was surrounded by the grav- ity of armed chiefs, while two long rows of old head- men dressed in cotton stuffs squat... ...k with apprehension; his aged follower whispered inaudibly at his ear; the chiefs turned their eyes away in silence, for the old wiz- ard, the man who... ...did not come. We sent friendly messages, but, fearing to intrude upon some secret council, re- mained on board. Early on the third day we had landed a... ...the Dutchman’s house, and said, ‘Give her up to die—she is the daughter of chiefs.’ The white man refused and shut himself up, while his servants kept... ...nd despair, and now found repose in the convic- tion that life had no more secrets for him: neither had death! He sat by the corpse thinking; thinking... ...nd his wife seemed to like it—as if she also had derived some distinct and secret advantage from this intellectual connection. She received her mixed ...

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...of power lodged in one quarter to which the hopes of Christendom turned in secret. How much more loudly must this proclamation have spoken in the auda... ...ms round my neck, as she thought of her son, and gave to me the kiss which secretly was meant for him. SECTION II—THE SECTION II—THE SECTION II—THE SE... ...a trial is mov- ing subterraneously in perhaps all men’s natures. Upon the secret mirror of our dreams such a trial is darkly projected, perhaps, to e... ... of hope, that constant sequel of lying down before the lion publishes the secret frailty of human nature—reveals its deep-seated falsehood to itself—... ...in, by infinite iteration, the ancient earth groans to Heaven, through her secret caves, over the weakness of her child. “Nature, from her seat, sighi... ...lous stories about her, a secret power over the rude soldiery and partisan chiefs of that period; for in such a person they saw a representative manif... ...f- dom, the supremacy of a common law over the independent jurisdiction of chiefs who claimed the right of private wars.” 74 7 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ...

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... Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces – Swift 8 two of the ancient chiefs who guarded a small pass on the superior rock, but, endeavouring to ... ... completely armed, he advanced with a slow and heavy pace where the Modern chiefs were holding a consult upon the sum of things, who, as he came onwar... ...d kill this destroyer of our army, what renown should I purchase among the chiefs! but to issue out against him, man against man, shield against shiel... ...stands good. And at last, “God preserve King William from all his open and secret enemies, Amen.” When if the King should happen to have died, the ast... ...alk more sparingly of home affairs. As it will be imprudence to dis cover secrets of State, so it would be dangerous to my person; but in smaller mat... ...eet, Turned round so quick, you scarce could see ‘t; But slackened by some secret power, The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces – Swift 39 N... ...uch esteemed his wit, And called for his poetic works! Meantime the boy in secret lurks. And while the book was in her hand, The urchin from his priva... ...cent delight he took To see the virgin mind her book, Was but the master’s secret joy In school to hear the finest boy. Her knowledge with her fancy g...