Vulgar words in The Secret Agent - a Simple Tale (Page 1)

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ass x 3
damn x 5
spunk x 1
            

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We want facts-startling facts-damn you," he added, with a sort of ferocious discretion, right into Mr Verloc's face.

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"Lombroso is an ass."

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"Nothing," growled from the sofa Mr Verloc, who, provoked by the abhorrent sound, had merely muttered a "Damn."

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"Confounded ass!

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Not one of them had half the spunk of this or that burglar he had known.

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On the contrary, he repeated it mentally with profane emphasis and a fuller precision: "Damn it!

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An ass-eh?" exclaimed the great man, with distinct animosity.

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Mr Verloc neither said, "Damn!" nor yet "Stevie be hanged!"

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There's no saying how much of what's going on you have got hold of on the sly with your infernal don't-care-a-damn way of looking nowhere in particular, and saying nothing at all... " His husky domestic voice ceased for a while.

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