The Shadow Line

The Shadow Line2011

The Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad; it is one of his later works, being written from February to December 1915. It was first published in 1916 as a serial in New York's Metropolitan Magazine (September—October) in the Eng… more »



Commander Penney:
[Penney explains the purpose of Counterpoint to Jonah] We provide for the future - your future.

Jonah Gabriel:
Harvey Wratten didn't get one, and he was one of yours.

Commander Penney:
Gatehouse gave him an opportunity to retire. He didn't take it.

Jonah Gabriel:
So you made him by putting him in jail?

Commander Penney:
And then Glickman had this crisis of loyalty and told him about us, and Harvey threatened to tell everybody else unless we got him out. So, get him out we did.

Jonah Gabriel:
So then you gave the money to Gatehouse?

Commander Penney:
To buy drugs to give to Customs to get Harvey a Royal Pardon. And when he got it, I think we might have left it at that, everybody. It was so compromised. But Gatehouse decided to close Harvey's book. So that's what he did. And we've been cleaning up ever since.

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