Mr Verloc going out in the morning left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law It could be done because there was very little business at any time and practically none at all before the evening Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensible business And moreover his wife was in charge of his brother-in-law The Secret Agent is a novel by Joseph Conrad published in 1907 The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr Verloc and h...