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"Oh, that," Spade said lightly. "We didn't exactly believe your story."
“Then-?" Perplexity was added to the misery and fright in
her eyes.
"We believed your two hundred dollars."
"You mean?" She seemed to not know what he meant.
“I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth," he explained blandly, "and enough more to make it all right."
Surely Mr. Hammett is favored by a muse.
— Jun 30, 2026 10:30AM
“Then-?" Perplexity was added to the misery and fright in
her eyes.
"We believed your two hundred dollars."
"You mean?" She seemed to not know what he meant.
“I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth," he explained blandly, "and enough more to make it all right."
Surely Mr. Hammett is favored by a muse.
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There is a terrific story about a man who disappeared suddenly from his settled successful happy life, that Sam tells Brigid, about Charles Flitcraft. Worth the price of the book and one of the very few parts of the book that isn’t part of the 1941 Bogart/Astor/Lorre/Greenstreet movie.
That movie version is superior to my mind’s eye version of the book. Very unusual. Read the book first in my view.
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That movie version is superior to my mind’s eye version of the book. Very unusual. Read the book first in my view.
Dale Sabo
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The very rare book where the movie maintains fidelity to the story. The 1941 Bogart Astor Lorre Greenstreet movie is better than your mind’s eye at bringing the characters to life.
— Jun 30, 2026 11:19AM
