Verloc becomes nearly catatonic, as she listens to her husband explain everything that has happened. Upon learning of the death of her brother, Mrs. Verloc a deal in exchange for information that not only clears Michaelis, but also ends the tyrannical reign of Mr. The Assistant Commissioner, however, has already offered Mr. Heat learns the true identity of the dead man, and that Mr. Verloc, only to find out his supervisor has already been there. His supervisor, the Assistant Commissioner, disagrees and decides to get involved in the investigation, himself. He is determined to prove it, in order to continue to grow his well-respected reputation. One inspector, Chief Inspector Heat, believes a recently paroled friend of Mr. Verloc, ecause of a blue cloth found among the effects of the dead man. The police also are immediately suspicious of Mr. Verloc's friends become convinced that he has blown himself up. When a man blows up in Greenwich Park, a few of Mr. Verloc's brother-in-law, is a simple young man who has had difficulty holding a job and now works exclusively in Mr. Vladimir's suggestion, his friends excite the emotions of his brother-in-law by discussing social reform in terms that the young man misunderstands. Verloc struggles with the perceived threat in Mr.

Verloc that he create a situation to excite the emotions of the people of London, by setting off a bomb in some scientific place. He is a man of action, who expects all in his employ to also be men of action. However, there is a new man in charge now. In the past, the Ambassador was a man who trusted Mr. Verloc is revealed to be a secret agent for the French government and is accused of no longer being productive in this capacity. Verloc, a storeowner, makes his way to an appointment at an Embassy in London.

The novel is a mixture of love story, espionage, and mystery that continues to entertain many years after its original publication date. The fictionalized tale revolves around a beautiful, young wife, her simple-minded brother, and her devoted but tortured husband. The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, is a classic novel based on actual events, the attempt to blow up the Greenwich Observatory in 1894.

The secret agent by joseph conrad