Sir Ethelred agrees that this situation will require special treatment. then tells Sir Ethelred about Verloc's involvement as a secret agent from the foreign embassy. The man shoots back that he was given a guarantee by Inspector Heat "less than a month ago" that no attacks could take place (7.13).
The man from parliament wonders out loud if the recent attack is the beginning of a new wave of anarchist terrorism.(Yes, Conrad seems to have a real hang-up about fat people, which we discuss further in the " Themes" section.) The AC gets admitted to the private chambers of a member of English parliament named Sir Ethelred, whom the narrator describes as "Vast in bulk and stature, with a long white face, which, broadened at the base by a big double chin, appeared egg-shaped in the fringe of greyish whisker" (7.8). says that he's come to talk about the bomb in Greenwich, the secretary finally agrees to go check with his boss. This secretary, who has the vibe of "a large and neat schoolboy" (7.2), looks at the Assistant Commissioner doubtfully and says that his boss probably won't be able to meet with him. The Assistant Commissioner walks along a "short and narrow street like a wet, middy trench" (7.1) and eventually enters a public building, where he meets a young, fresh-faced male secretary.
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