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My name is Marlowe. Philip Marlowe, occupation, private detective. You know,
somebody says, follow that guy,so I follow him or find that
female. So I find him?And what do I get out of it?
Ten bucks a day in expenses.Right now, you're hearing a lot
about a murder. They call itthe Case of the Lady in the Lake.
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That's a good title, it fits. But what you've heard about is
one thing, and the real thingis something else. Again, there's only
one guy who knows that I knowit. I started finding out about it
a few days before Christmas. Iwas tired of being pushed around for Nichols
and dimes, so I decided I'dwrite about murder. I pounded out a
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story story and send it to theKingsby Publications Incorporated, specialists in literary Gore.
Oh, come in, mister Marloweand hear about the story you wrote.
Yeah, yeah, I got aletter from a guy named a proms
it. I'm fromcid Adrian phromsy Be. Precise. Tell me something, mister
Marlowe. Have you done much writing? No? Neither very well for a
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beginner. Well, it's based onan authentic case. You run this publishing
business all by yourself, Miss Rompson, No, no, mister Kingby revenge
it tell me? Are there rarelydetectors like the war in your story who
never lie, cheat or double crossthe clients? Yeah, there are a
couple of dopes like that. Good, then you are writing about yourself.
Look, you don't really want tobuy my story, do you? I
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was about to offer you two hundreddollars. Oh no, Why don't you
quit being cute? The real reasonI'm here is because you want a smooth
operator who keeps his mouth shut.When you read my story, you said,
that's my boy. He's dumb,he's brave, and he's cheap.
Am I right? Partly, Iwant you to find mister Kingsby's wife without
his knowing you're looking for her.She's a vicious woman, a liar.
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I don't want to be nosy,Miss from said, but what makes that
any of your business? I handleall of mister Kingsby's affairs. He wants
to divorce her, and I don'tlike your manners. I'm not selling my
manners. I'm not selling my storyeither. I don't like getting mixed up
with a tricky female, even oneas good looking. As you who wants
to dispose of the boss's wife justso she can marry him herself. People
don't talk to me like that,mister Marlowe. Maybe somebody should talk to
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you like that more often. Ibeg your pardon, Hoki, Mindarry.
This is Philip Marlowe. He submitteda story, mister marlow mister Kingsby.
I always nice to see one ofour writers, mister morlow but he isn't
one of our writers. He justturned down off of two hundred dollars rather
indignantly too. But maybe he's right, derry. But this story has part
of mister Marlowe's soul in it.I would say it's worth five hundred dollars
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as souls go these days. Congratulationsmister Morrow, a businessman as well as
a writer and a private detective detectiveas it makes the story so authentic,
it's so full of what would yousay? It's full of, mister Morrow,
short sentences, hayriing. If there'sanything you want before I leave,
I don't believe so darn good night, good night. I don't mention,
mister Morrow. Yeah, five hundreddollars, eh two hundred for your story.
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Three hundred for your services and findingmissus Kingsby. You don't need any
help there, darling, not you. Please don't be too difficult. I
do need help, like I needfour thumbs. I wonder how it would
be to discuss this over a coupleof ice cubes? Would you care to
try? Imagine you needing ice cubes? Show Miss Thrompson, let's try.
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She had a very cozy apartment,Miss Prompson? Did she left me alone
while she fixed a drink? Icouldn't help spotting the telegram. It lay
there staring at me on top ofthe piano. It was addressed to Derris
Kingsby going de warez. It saidto get a divorce and marrying Chris Slavery
in Mexico. You're loving ex wifeto be Crystal. If you're going to
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take this case, mister Marlowe,the first person you should see is Chris
Lavery. Oh who's he? CrystalKingsley ran away with him a month ago,
or so we thought, a monthago? Eh? Take him that
long to get to El Paso?Who said anything about El Paso? A
telegram on the tiana? Why didn'tyou tie it on my ear? I
might have found it quicker? Oh, what's the mystery of Kingsby's wife is
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in Mexico? The mystery is thatChris Lavery's here in town, and she
isn't She's vanished and the telegrams arephony. It must be If she's missing,
why isn't Kingsby looking for her?I don't know. Maybe think she's
often a tooth, but a Mexicandivorce with no property settlement. No,
no, that's not crystal. Besides, she'd never marry Chris Lavery. Why
not? You don't marry the ChrisLaveries of this world. You just lend
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them all the money they need andforget to ask for what bed? You
seem to know all about him?Where does he live? They City,
six seventy six Oltes Street. Onemore question, Miss Promp said, what
would happen if I kissed you?Why don't you try? And you always
close your eyes when you think somebody'sgonna kiss him? What stucked you?
Did you close your eyes when Laverykissed you? Get out? You want
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to marry Kingsby because Lavery chilled hGet out? Sure, and I'll see
Lavery, But don't try to becute anymore. Just edit my manuscript?
Yes, I plan to smash theemotion right out of it. That's the
manuscript. This is me, goodnight, sweetheart, as I'm lavery mister
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Marlowe, come right on him,sir Well, I declare business must be
bad if you have to go fromdoor to door, So listening, client,
Look, uncle Tom, I don'tneed a job. I've got one,
And if you tell me where missusKingsby is, I'll stop bothering you.
I haven't seen Crystal in two months, and I've never been to El
Paso, if that's what you're aboutto ask. Oh, you know about
the telegrammer? Well, yes,miss Adrian told me. Miss Adrian did,
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did she? Well? I guessthere's nothing to do to them but
go to the cops. But forsome reason, mister marlow I don't think
mister Kingsby would allow that, sohe might have to to protect himself in
case anything's happened to his wife.Happens Crystal Kingsby has money. Once in
a wild, boys like you haveto make it the hard way. You
offend me, mister Morrow, loosenup, Labory, You'll save yourself a
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lot of trouble. I'll never speakdisrespectfully of a lady. Not even one
as as fascinating as missus Kingsby was, was sir. Oh just a slip
of a tongue, mister Marlow.No, no, I don't hanker for
any part of missus Kingsby. Thelittle lady must have sent that telegram just
to mbrangle me. Uh and brangledyou. Oh yes, you're a yankee.
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You wouldn't understand. Good, pardonme, sir? Do you have
the time? That's the matter?Your clock and brangle too? Shortening bread
and let me have it. WhenI looked at my watch, brass knuckles,
Southern fry. When things came backin focus, I was in the
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Bay City jail. Detective opened tosell and walked me down the car.
It's a matter right, Oh no, it's fine. When you came out
of your black got your started slugging, I had to put your sleep again.
Oh fine, all right, wiseguy in here, Captain King wants
to see him come in the gamma. This is Marlow, Captain. He
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likes Sarchia. Everything is fine.What's the charge, captain? Drunking?
Your car ran up over the curband found you were out cold. This
empty bottle was in your hand.Oh fine. We don't think it's fine
at all. The only reason I'mtalking to you instead of the judge is
that your papers say you're a privatedetective. You're on some kind of a
case hunt. Sure, and myclient slug me, dump me in my
car, ran it up over acurtain board, whiskey on me. Then
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he phoned for you boys. Maybeit wasn't a client, right, there's
a Southern gentleman named Chris Lavery.Who is your client. I don't reveal
my client's name. You're talking tothe police. The names of my clients
are confidential. If they want,I wouldn't have any clients. Okay,
but that private license doesn't give youthe right start trouble in day city without
letting me in on what you're at. I don't like private dis captain.
I never met one yet that wasn'ta crook. I've heard of people that
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don't like cops. That seems impossible, doesn't it. Your car's im back
of the jail, get in atMarlow and get out of his town.
Good morning, miss trompsaid, howdid you get in here without being announced?
I told the receptionist it was anemergency. You looked like an emergency.
Well, it's an old sickness reoccurringblack eyes. Mister lavery impresstrow his
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brass knuckles. Did well, well, nothing, I woke up in the
Bay City jail. All right,back, will we start? Yeah,
maybe this is a good place forme to get off. What do you
want for three hundred dollars a funeral? You were hired to find, Christer
Kingsby. You'll be asking too muchto start working as a detective. Crystal
Kingsby was lastly in Little Fawn Lake. That's a place in the mountains beyond
Arrowhead, a few cabins in aprivate lake owned by mister Kingsby. Drive
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up there and talk to Katich.Excuse me, miss Ramsey. Yes,
there's a man here to see misterKingsby and mister Floyd Greer. Greer,
he's a newspaper man. He says. It's about something that's happened at the
lake. Missus bohmsy, how fine, mister Kingsby show mister greeryan you'd better
sit down to mister Barber. You'rea reporter of mister Grere. What can
I do for you? We justgot worried about Transdy a little fawn like
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Miss Kingsley tragedy. Do you havea caretactor named William Chess, Well,
yes I do. He suspected tomurder his wife. Was fawn drawn than
the le like Milliam? That's right, Mariel Chess. How long since you
been up there, Miss Kingssey,Well not since last month? How about
your wife? Would she know anythingabout Mariel Chess? Of course not,
nothing more than I would. MisterMarlow, would you mind stepping out in
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the hall with me? Excuse usplease? You'd better get right up to
the lake. Do you think CrystalKingsby shoved this lady in the lake thing?
It's quite possible she hated missus Chess. You like the idea? Yes,
I do find out what happened.When we part to no one about
it? With me little fawn Lake, it reminded me of Adrian Promsey,
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so beautiful and so cold. Firstshe wants me to find missus Kingsby.
Then she wants me to prove she'sa murderer. She's a sweetheart. Adrian
is well, I'm back in townat four in the morning, and I
go straight to Adrian's apartment if Ican tramp through the mountains she can get
waked up. I have to comehere, phone. I didn't have a
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nickel. You know something, Misspromp said, you look good in this
life? What did you find it? For the lake snow? Who's being
cute? Now you are, there'llbe an item on your bill for the
bribes. I spent finding out thatMuriel Chess had another name? What name?
Mildred Havilin ever hear of her?She married your boss's caretaker because she
wanted a place to hide. Itseems that a cop was after it.
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What's this got to do with CrystalKingsby, Cristel Kingsby and Muriel or shall
I call a Mildred had a fightover a man? What man? The
guy I was slipping the twenty dollarbills to kept claiming he didn't know,
and I suppose you do. Yeah. Look look what I found, an
ankle, bracelet and grave to Mildredfrom Chris. It was hidden in Kingsby's
cabin. There could be any numberof Christmas. Oh come on now,
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miss Prompton, Laby's our boy.That ties him up with two women,
Crystal Kingsby and Muriel. You thinkhe'd drown Murial chess. It would have
drowned me if there'd been any water. Handy. Oh no, Crystal did
it. Maybe you could find somethingelse, a gun maybe? Oh look,
just give me the dell I putout for expenses. Now go on
home without finding missus King. Whydon't you concentrate on just looking beautiful,
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start being a woman. Quiet downlong enough to hear your heartbeat. You
might wake up and find it's adifferent world. I'm paying you to wake
up and find Crystal Kingsby. Okay, I'll go back and see Lavery.
No, no, you stay awayfrom Laby, go back to the lake.
You did find this, all right, but only because you're so full
of persuasion, so full of whatwould you say you were full of?
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Miss Prompsey, My, you're beingbackward for a detective. No, it's
just that I'm tired playing around.As far as the next woman in my
life is concerned everything or nothing,then i'd better be nothing. You'd be
crazy to fall in love with mefrom the lake. Let me see now,
I'm not to fall in love withyou, and I'm not to see
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Lavery. That's it exactly. Goodnight, mister mamma. I got a
little sleep and then I went straightto Lavery's house. I rang the bell,
no answer, so I just walkedin. He'd forgotten to lock his
front door. A woman was comingdown the stairs. She had a gun
in her hand, and for somereason didn't seem at all concerned about my
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presence there. Disgrace, just todisgrace. I'd read this talk to and
look at the way he abuses it. Well, just look, I'd be
glad if you wouldn't keep pointing thatthing at me at this Well, if
you're one of mister Lavery's wild friends, you can get right out. I'm
not even one of mister Lavery's tameburns on the furniture, carpets all stained.
All I want is my rent,my owness. How time, Missus
Halbrook, Well, I'm truly enchanted, Missus Holk, know what you may?
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I ask why Ant's company about hiscar behind in his car payments too.
I don't like that. I don'tlike that at all. Well,
we don't like it. If hewas going where you think he'd leave a
check under the door or something.But oh no, all I found was
this gun. I found it onthe stairs. Here you take it.
I wonder why he'd leave it onthe stairs, probably had a hole in
his pocket. So you've been lookingfor him upstairs. Huh, you're a
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naughty girl. I only wanted mymoney. I think I should call the
police. On the other hand,maybe we should stop and consider finding a
gun doesn't mean anything. Everybody keepsguns, Oh, oh, they And
I'm sure the Bay City Police wouldfrown upon us disturbing them over such a
trifle. Oh you think so.Just let the AJAX Finance comeany take care
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of this. We'll see that youget your money. Well, if you
think you'm sure I can, MissusHolbrook, You'll be a good girl now
and run along, silly man.You know you're sweet. Thank you,
Missus Holbrook. Well goodbye, nooh brother. As soon as she left,
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I went upstairs. It looked atfirst as if Lavery had packed a
bag and blown down. On hisdresser was a woman's handkerchief. I thought
of Missus Holbrook, but the initialson the handkerchief were a f Then I
became aware of a muffled sound,and I knew that I'd heard it vaguely
ever since I'd come up the stairs. It was the trickle of water running
in the bathroom shower. But Ididn't bother to turn it off, not
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when I saw the five bullet holesneatly drilled through the glass shower door,
and behind the door, crumpled onthe tiles, the body of that fine
Southern gentleman, Chris Lavery. Ididn't waste any time getting out of Lavery's
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house. I went straight to KingsbyPublications. They were having a Christmas party,
but I managed to convince Adrian prompseIt that I wanted to see her
alone. Are you trying to befunny, mister Marlow? Where did you
get that gun at Lavery's house?Lavery's dead? This gun killed him.
You hinted this sooner or later I'dfind a gun. Were you afraid he'd
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talk? Miss Thompson? If youif you didn't go to the lake,
then no. And here's another littleitem for you. I handkerchief. Do
you recognize it? The initials area F. I don't have to ask
the obvious question, do it?No? And so far nobody knows about
it but me can whoever killed Lavery? Yeah? Whoever killed him? Or
was he the type of guy whokept this sort of super in the air?
If I say no, that makesme a murderer a good suspect.
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If I say yes, what doesthat make me human? Maybe? What
are you trying to do? Playthe bright heart lady? You're afraid of
life, Miss Thompson, and people. You don't give yourself a real chance.
You never come in, mister Kingsby, Come in, what's going on?
Relax? Mister Kingsby, you've seenguns before. Maybe I lack a
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sense of humor, but if Laverydidn't think it was funny either, he's
dead dead. Did your wife owna gun? Mister Kingsby, what does
my wife have to do with this? Break it to him gently, Miss
Thompson, Derry, I hired misterMarlow to look for Crystal. I told
you Crystals to be left alone.Oh Norry, No you didn't. What
you said was you were tired todeath of her. Well why didn't you
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say so? I won't have yourprying and my private police may be prying
into your private affairs. Mister Kingsby, your wife was mixed up with Lavery.
He's dead. The Evans points toa woman. Now does she own
a gun? Or doesn't she?I don't know. Just what are you
propose to do? Mister Marlowe,call the police. What else can I
do? A thousand dollars make achange your mind? Ah, so your
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wife did have a gun? Huh, yes, but a thousand dollars.
Think I'm too proud to take it. I'm just too smart to get stuck
with it. Very well, I'lltell the authorities anything they want to know.
As for you, if you thinkyou're gonna harm Chrystal, you're very
much mistaken, and understand this clearly. I never said anything endearing so you.
It was because I was lonely.I don't intend to make the same
mistake again. You say that formy benefit of yours, Miss rompsid mine
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all mine? So you lost memy million dollars. Oh you smart?
You deliberately forced a show down withhim. Yeah, he thought you'd make
me lose kingby and then I'd comeflying straight to your arms. Tell me,
mister marlow you always fall in lovewith your client, only the ones
in skirts. Well there's more thanone. King's beyond the Christmas Street,
mister marlow, and I'll shake oneluciyet, don't you worry. And it's
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for you. You just haul yourselfout of here and send me a bill
for your failure. Very Christmas,I said, Merry Christmas. I'm glad
you have met you and have agood cry to Wait, why please step
into this other room. I wantto talk to you. I don't know
what your arrangement is with Adrien anymore. Well, then I'd like to make
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one with you. Now. Iknow my wife has made mistakes, but
no matter how things look, Crystalcouldn't have killed anyone. She must be
found and kept out of this.That'll be tough. You can name your
own price. I'm imploring you tohelp me. And if we keep your
wife in the clear, who dowe pin the murder on? Huh?
Well, well, what do eitherof us really know about Adrian? Don't
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you know anything about it? Actually? Very little? Oh? I was
aware she knew Avery, just howwell? I don't ask when I was
beginning to like you? You wantthe facts? Don't sure? I want
the facts? She fires me?You hire me? Happy Phil Marlow the
boy detective? Where are you goingback to Lavery's house? Oh? A
little Yule Tide celebration of the BayCity cops think you've been handling this gun.
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How stupid are you? Mom?I'm giving you the gun to Gamoor.
Maybe I should have tossed it downas sue you got an alibi,
Marlo. I told you about missusHallbrook Capin. She was here ahead of
me. It could have been her, and it could have been you.
You said you'd come back and getLavery got in those words? What in
that tall? I told you notto start troubling this town. Who's your
client this time? You better tellme? His name is Daris Kingsby runs
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his string of magazines. Keep talking. His wife ran out on him about
a month ago from a place hehas up in the mountains, Little Fawn
Lake. How did you run off? Well, A good guess would be
Lavery. I came here the daybefore yesterday to ask Lavery if he knew
where she was, and for mypains, I landed in the can.
In case you've forgotten, we rememberpeople. What was Lavery's story about Kingsby's
warning said he hadn't seen her intwo months? After you turn me loose,
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I went up to Little Fawn Lake. Why because something peculiar happened up
there. They found a woman inthe lake, a Dane named murial Chest.
Just stick to what happened here.I am this Murial Chess had an
ankle bracelet. It was given tohim by somebody named Chris. Oh what
so she's dead and upstairs is acorpse named Chris. I see. So
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you go through this joint, takethe gun collect or, steal anything you
can and fi They get around andcalling us, well, I don't buy
it. What do I care abouta drowned dame in the lake? Man's
been murdered here and that's not forme. Who are you trying to cover
Obato? I told you all Iknow. Okay, big shot, I'm
going upstairs to Garmel. I'll seeall the corner's doing. You. Uh
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you ever been to little foreign laketo Gamo? You look kind of interested,
we asked the question speaker, Andwhen I mentioned the lady in the
lake, you look still more interested. You heard me? Ever, hear
of a girl named Mildred Havelen.There was a fellow up there a few
weeks ago looking for Mildred Havelen.They tell me he acted like a cop,
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a tough cop with bad manners likeyou. What's Mildred Havlen got to
do with it? She and MurielChess were the same girl. She changed
her name because she was trying tohide from this tough cop. Does it
add up? No, I thinkit does. They gave me a pretty
good description of that cop they sentyou. I was about to say that
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this female had a shady past,and I think you know something about it.
It sort of confronts it, doesn'tit. Garo. Now we're getting
somewhere. You'll stick your nose inmy business and you'll wake up any with
a catch looking at you. Whatdid she do this, Mildred Dame?
Bump somebody off down here? Isthat what you had on it? Put
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it out? What's going on here? To Gado? He got cute?
What's your gun? Away? You'llkeep going acting smart, Martol, and
you'll see what happens. The onlyreason I'm giving you another chance to talk
is because of what the corner says. He claims lavery was killed last night.
That doesn't let you out, thoughI say it doesn't. People come
on top. You better take awalk to gone. Have you let me
work them up with us a littlewallee take the night off, Yes,
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sir. Now, if a corneris right, how can you prove where
you were last night? I didn'tleave little Fawn Lake till after midnight.
I stopped at red service station halfwaydown the mountain and got gad In San
Bernardino. I got a cup ofcoffee at the dinner Bell diner. The
waitress with the big eyes will rememberme because it was two am and I
was the only customer in the place. What about Missus Olbro. You'll love
Missus Holbrook. She's charming, butI don't know where she is. One
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of my boys upstairs. Just check. She's going to Las Vegas. We'll
have her back here tomorrow. Thatabout winds up everything, doesn't it?
You mind if I go now?There's still a charge of striking an officer.
You funny guys, kill me cambefore you toss me in a cell.
Did you ever hear of a damenamed Mildred Hablin? No, that's
the real name of that woman drownedin the lake. Ask de Gamo about
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it? Why should I? Becausede Gamo knew Labour any new Mildred Hablin?
Well they're both dead. That's abig statement, modeled. Why do
you think de Gamo slapped me around? Look, you turn me loose and
I'll do some finding out tonight.You can too by talking to the Gamo.
You know what you're doing, don'tyou. You're practically forcing on me
the rottenness job a police official canhave investigating one of his own men.
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I'll work with you in any wayyou want. All right, here's what
you do. Call the disk sergeantand get him to give you a nice
ques. Whyats sell? For aminute, I thought you were on the
level that you want me out ofthe way, don't you? So you
and de Gamo can fix this upanyway. That's suits. This wasn't Christmas
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even looked. My kids weren't waitingfor me to all right, you didn't
murder Lavery. The charge of takinga swing at the Garbos dismissed. Just
do me a great, big favorand get out of here. I made
a phone call as soon as Ileft. I have a friend downtown on
one of the newspapers. I askedhim to dig up anything he could for
me on Mildred Havilin. He saidhe'd call me at my hotel in an
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hour. Come in, good eveningand a merry Christmas to you, miss
Rompson. I had to see you. Why I didn't leave that handkerchief in
Lavery's house? You still worrying aboutthat. I read a story once about
a killer who left clues around thepoint somebody else. That was a story.
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Oh, I wouldn't kill anyone.I wouldn't. Oh, of course,
not just a nice sweet can't firea girl. I'm all mixed up
to me. If it turns outthat you're the little girl who held the
hot and smoking pistol, You're gonnabe really mixed up. You think I
could do a thing like that?Yes, I thought you liked me.
The girl I like won't be lookingfor a million dollar marriage or trying to
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hang a murder on another woman.What will this girl do? Take care
of me? Unglamorous, isn't it? Would you consider buying me a drink?
No, I'm expecting a call.But it's a time and place for
everything. This is Christmas, eve, see I wasn't kidding. Hello,
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go ahead, Dan, here's whatwe have on the middle of one.
She was mixed up on a suicideabout a year and a half ago.
Just a minute, Hey, missPrompson, would you mind leaving? I
thought you were off the case.Who's your client? Now? I never
reveal a client's name. It's King's, isn't it. I have to eat.
Don't I blow me your kiss andclose the door gently as you leave.
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I'll call you if I need you. Drexel three three three nine one.
I'm sorry, Dugan. Well,this Milder Haablin was a nice,
litte doctor. Them out one daycity, so one night. Florence Almore,
that's the doctor's wife, was fiveten. Cop named to Carlo investigated
Verdick's suicide. What happened to MildredHabilin? She just faned right after that?
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Anybody figure Florence Almore was murdered.Just the folks. Mister missus Grayson
raised a big fuss and face.Since then they've clammed up. Somebody scared
them, silly, somebody has hashe? Where did the Graysons live?
Bay City? Eugene Grayson names inthe phone book. I'm much obliged to
you, Dugan. What names didyou say? Marlow? I'm a private
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detective, mister Grayson. I wantto talk to you about your daughter.
You leave us alone. We toldthe police everything. I only want to
help you. Missus. My daughtersdead. Can you bring her back?
We've had just about enough. MissTomorrow off he was here before for one
solid hour. We don't want totalk anymore. He was here, that
cop. He thinks she committed suicide, doesn't he, well, I don't.
I think your daughter was murdered.I think Mildred Halin murdered her.
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Get out. He covered up forher. That's why he wants to keep
you quiet. My wife told youto get out, and we had trouble
enough. Leaving Grayson's house, Isaw this other car down the block.
Two miles later. It was stillon my tail. I stepped on the
gas and cut across town, butI couldn't shake it all right. Then
i'd stopped. As I started toslow down, he pulled up alongside of
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me and turned A spot might fullin my eyes. At forty miles an
hour, you hit a ditch.In the split second before I passed out,
I saw who it was, togm. I don't really know if the
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Gamo had figured on killing me inthat crash or not. I don't think
it much mattered in any event,I'd be taken care of. When I
came to there, I was soakedand whiskey in an empty bottle on the
floorboards, but I got one break. I didn't sleep quite as long as
the Gamo figured I must have lookedreal cute crawling out of what was left
in my car. I was dizzyand sick, my face over blooding my
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legs so nomb I couldn't walk.Across the highway was a gas station.
It was closed for the night,but outside was a public telephone boot.
Hello, this is Marlowe. Ohso you've changed your mind. I'd made
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a phone booth in a gas stationin the south road, the south road.
I was out suppose gas station.Why are you talking like that?
Come and get me, Come andget hello. Hello, Hello, your
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way? How do you feel theway I look and look a lot better
than you did in spite of theeyedine. I'm working over you for an
hour? How did I get here? I brought you here in my car
From then on the dormant help me. Does the dormant think anything of dumping
bruised, unconscious men on your livingroom sofa? I told him you were
drunken, had fallen down. Prayyou call the police. Oh no,
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I love policemen, especially one namedde Gama. Who's de Gamo? Just
a hard working cop who figured toframe me the same way Lavery did.
He pulls this little stump and thencalls headquarters saying he's a public spirited citizen
reporting a drunk driver. Only yougot to me first. What's obliged?
What's de Gama got to do withall that? That's why I keep asking
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myself how did he know I wasgonna visit Florence Aultmore's folks? Oh,
a girl who committed suicide, maybeabout a year and a half ago.
Oh, I wonder, just getoff the case. Why be private detective
at all? Why you only gethungry again? Oh, you don't have
to make a living that way.You can ripe, remember, and I
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can help you. Oh we befine together and everything. We be fine
together. If only you, ifonly i'd want Oh you don't think you
can trust me? I want youto know that you can. It's true.
I've been a long time wanting things, thinking I wanted things. What
do you want now? I wantto take care of you. Maybe it
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isn't glamorous, but I want tobe your girl. That's what I want
for Christmas. And don't you laughat me. I'm not laughing. Come
here, you close your eyes too, don't you, darling? Why are
you frowning? No? Still notconvinced I didn't kill Avery. Yah,
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how can you think that I haveto think of everything? Oh, don't
just think of me. Quit beinga detective please, I can't till this
is over. Oh. I wishI could tell you how I feel.
You mean you've got that. Uh. I'm scared, but it's wonderful feeling.
Yes, scared, but yeah,scared, but you're not scared of
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me. I don't know. I'mglad. It proves how you feel.
You see, I'm glad about everything. I've never felt this way. Before
you go to sleep now, I'llsee you in the morning. Good night,
good night. We were eating breakfastnext morning in the kitchen. She
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was like a little girl. Idon't know. Maybe it was because it
was Christmas Day. Anyway, shehad our future together all figured out.
The first thing we'll do is leavehere and go to New York, New
York. Sure, what do weuse for money? Oh? We can
start with the store you wrote andgo on from there. We'll make lots
of money together. We'll own theworld. And if you're the guilty girl,
what does that leave me? Besides? I got another worry this morning?
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No, what other worried? Dog? Gamo By. Now he knows
I'm on the loose. He'll starton the power for me with a cold,
howling heart of hate and the gunfull of bullets to stop me from
talking about what I don't know?But you say here at least for I
won't answer it, you'd better answeryou. No, Adrian opened the door.
Kingsby let him in just a minute, dearis what's the idea. I've
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been following you for an hour.I've had the receiver her off. Well,
I thought you might know where Icould find model. I've been searching
everywhere for you. I even wentto the police. They're looking for you
too. They happen to follow youhere. Yes, yes, two detectives
have been following me all morning.Why didn't you invite them up? I
don't know what your troubles are,but I have my own. All right,
let's hear yours. I'll have beentrying to find you because my wife's
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in Bay City. How do youknow, Crystal? Phone me. She's
in trouble. The police a rathere. She needs me. He wants
money, take it to it.With two detectives following me, Oh no,
you're gonna take it the money?Who I am am I. Oh,
that's five hundred dollars in sound.It's all I could raise on a
holiday. It's worth anything to meto get it to her. You've used
that word anything a couple of times. How much is anything? He'll get
five thousand dollars Morlow. That's thedeal, Santa Claus? What's the deal?
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I don't want you near her.She's troubled. Two people have been
killed already, she has some answers. Well, what else can I do?
Stay here and let the cops comeafter me. We'll figure out a
way for both of them and endup where And I got it with my
teeth kicked in smelling of whiskey.I never drank running down alleys. The
only way out of this is tosee Crystal the South. No, let
someone else. There's the money,five grand, just in case my typewriter
breaks down and I can't write stories. It's enough to start. I'm more
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than enough to bury you with.No. I won't let you go.
If I run away and never findthe answers, I'll never know for sure
about you. Well, I allright, then go Where do I meet
your wife? Mister Kingsby in frontof a cocktail bar called the Peacock Cafe
San the main boulevard near fourteenth Street. Here, take my scarff where sure
Recofen you'll leave first, Kings,we take those detectives on a tour of
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Chinatown. Keep them following you whileI go down to Bay City. Good
Luckmulow. Thanks you realize, ofcourse, maybe a traffic Kings we set
for you himself. Yeah, oh, please don't go. I told you
once it's everything or nothing. I'mgonna trust you. Get hold of Captain
Cannon, come after it. Well, how we know where to fight?
Make Crystal take me to wherever she'shiding out. You'll follow me from there.
Maybe I won't be able to.There's a box of rice in your
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kitchen, courting a girl named fromSid. I read a story once our
detective carried rice around in his pocket. It left a very nice trail.
Maybe it'll work again. Are thekeys in your car? Yes, I'll
go down the backstairs to the garage. Goodbye, miss from Sid. You've
been charming company. Wait, thisis the payoff, isn't there? Say
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that again about I'm scared, butit's a wonderful feeling. I'm scared,
but it is what I didn't haveto wait long in front of the Peacock
cafe. The girl hardly glanced atme as she walked over to a shop
window next door and stood there waiting. I tried being casual as I sewed
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it up. Give me the money, you get right to the point,
don't you, missus? Kingsby justhanded over? Where are you staying?
What makes it your business? Anenvelope in my pocket for five hundred bucks
five hundred dollars? You want itor would you rather just crab about it?
Give it to me? I will, but not here. Come on?
How far? Is it not far? I promised i'd phone your husband
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as soon as I found he canwait another two minutes. You can pump
from my room. Kingsby, closethe door. Yeah, it's kind of
hot in here. I wouldn't thinkof my guest being uncomfortable. What's out
there beyond that window the roof?You must come again. Sometimes we'll take
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a I'll quit story. It's convenienthaving a pair of them, isn't it?
Pair of them? A pair oflittle guns, little guns that killed
just the same as big guns.Why don't you take it out of your
coat pocket? Yes? I will. It is nice, isn't it now?
If you'll hand over that Armler.It was a good act you put
on as Missus Holbrook, the landlad. You weren't so bad yourself as the
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finance company. The cop say Laverywas killed the knight before we met.
What I can't figure is what youcame back for the next morning. I
was looking for money, and Istill as I'd be crazy to carry any
money with me. Think of mytrading position. Where is it if you
haven't got that money? Now?What shoot me? Don't you think I
will? Sure I do, Mildredwhat I said? Sure I do,
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Mildred. You don't think I reallybelieve your Crystal Kingsby? Do you?
Although Kingsby believed it when you talkto him on the phone, didn't he?
Now you're Mildred Havlin. You murderedthe Almore woman. I didn't.
She was assixiated in the car.It was an accident. The lady in
the lake instead of being you asCrystal Kingsby, Was that an action?
Yes? Yes, it was Crystaland I. We tried to close one
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night in her She had on mythings and I had on hers. We
went across the lake seat we couldpull bill, bill chaff my heart and
Crystal fell in the lake and sankto the boxes. Yes she did.
I didn't know what to do.You ran away to well Passo. You
met Lavery that his death was anaccident too. I suppose he took a
gun into the shower, Ben,I don't know. I don't know.
Avery was the only man who knewthe real identity of the lady in the
lake, wasn't he, Mildred.I'm through talking, and you'd better have
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that money on your head. Youcan't shoot Mildred, not with a safety
catch on here. Let me fixyou. Come, let me give you
a tip, molded never try toshoot a man when he's looking at you.
I'm frightened, so frighten. Getme out of here. Please please
take me with you. I'll betthat act went over big with Laby.
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Please. It went over big withDegamo too, didn't it. He covered
up for you on the Olmore case. Every time you look at a man
he falls over. Doesn't he know? I'm a nice girl. You don't
understand me of a nice You're alovely girl. I'd like to play dolls
with you. That the cops.Mildred, I invited them here to meet
Crystal Kingsby. They're going to bequite surprised to see you. No,
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oh no, you wouldn't. ManAdriana and bring the gallant Captain Kine with
you. Get him up Mono todormo, Honey, get him with that
gun. Honey, kill him,kill him. Talk to me like that,
sweetheart. De Gamo doesn't like youanymore, Mildred, Yes he does,
don't you, Honey. You weren'texpecting the Domo, were you.
He was expecting the other cops.Honey. It's been a long time since
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he's seen you, Mildred, eversince you double crossed him. You ran
away and changed your name from Mildredto Muriel and married that poor little guy
named Jess. The gmo'st been lookingfor you, have you, Honey?
Why don't you laugh, Mildred likehe's laughing. Take care of him,
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William. Let's get out of here. We're not going any place I thought
you would. Then I wish youwere, because you're a murderer. And
this time that's the way I'm gonnaleave you. Oh that's crazy, you're
talking crazy. I went crazy thenI Florence Alimore died and you made a
clown out of me. Even afteryou ran away, I still loved you.
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You made a bad coup out ofme. Moly, But this is
the end of it. Don't doit to Gamo, she's the killer.
Don't get yourself in any more trouble. Take her in if you're a good
cop. Off, Yeah, more, case won't come up. They'll convict
it for Crystal Kingsby's murder or lavery. You'll be clear. I'll be clear.
This is her gun. If shedies by it and you die by
it, I'll be clear because I'llbe the officer who investigates. You're a
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fool. To guy, I'm nofool, and I'll be a good cop.
I'll be the best cup in theworld. But she isn't gonna hurt
anybody again. No, no,please, I've done, honey. I
love you. I didn't get it. First, you cover up a murder
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for her, and then you killit. It doesn't make any sense,
does it to Gama. Something's dumb, petty cool Fever. Eh yeah,
we all get it, Beeper,we all get it. I once said
Pettico Fever myself. I took achance and lost when you walked in that
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door instead of Kane. A lotof things suddenly ended for me. I'm
scared, but it isn't wonderful anymore. I'll say you're lost. My drunk
driving frame didn't stick with this onewill. How does it feel dying in
the dirty middle of somebody else's love. I don't want to seem selfish,
but I'm thinking of my own.I followed your ice hre well, thanks
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a lot. I followed it,and I kicked it into the streets so
nobody else would follow it. SoI don't be expecting any friends or relation.
How did you you know about howdo you suppose your girl? Adrian?
That's a lot? How else doyou think? I know? That
was a cheap gag, that Rice, But that's the way all private disend
up, a last cheap trick,a cheap double cross. You're in the
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same boat I am, but you'regonna be in a dead Caine. I
never thought you'd get here gags.Still thinking of gags. You have me
to tend around. Eh, there'snobody out on that roof. How crazy
do you think I am? Becareful, Kane. That gunn of his
is pointed right at me. Cutit out, Mono get him with the
first flood cane, or he'll getme. I'm getting you right now.
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Gags, nothing, gags. Youare right, Yeah, I'm all right.
What about him? Take a lookfor his sake. I hope he's
dead. I'd have been here alot sooner, but he messed up your
trailer. Rice, You get thestory on all this? Yeah, I
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got the story. All right,let's have it. I'll write it.
I'll see that. You get thefirst copy fresh out of the typewriter.
What about her this day, MildredAvalan, She murdered the Almore woman,
Crystal Kingsby and Chris Lavery. TheGamo killed her. Yeah, he had
a wonderful movie. He was inlove with her. Well, I had
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promised Kane the first copy in thereit is the Grandma. May not be
so hot, but I'll let it. Oh, yeah, you're wondering about
her, aren't you? About Adrian? De Gamo had said, she tipped
him off. What had happened wasthat de Gamo had overheard Adrian's phone call
to Kane. That's how the Gamogot to me first. Those things happen
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sometimes. But Adrian, come in, yeah, come in, have you
got the tickets. Yes to NewYork one Way. Are you scared?
But it's wonderful.
My name is Marlowe. Philip Marlowe, occupation, private detective. You know,
somebody says, follow that guy,so I follow him or find that
female. So I find him?And what do I get out of it?
Ten bucks a day in expenses.Right now, you're hearing a lot
about a murder. They call itthe Case of the Lady in the Lake.
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That's a good title, it fits. But what you've heard about is
one thing, and the real thingis something else. Again, there's only
one guy who knows that I knowit. I started finding out about it
a few days before Christmas. Iwas tired of being pushed around for Nichols
and dimes, so I decided I'dwrite about murder. I pounded out a
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story story and send it to theKingsby Publications Incorporated, specialists in literary Gore.
Oh, come in, mister Marloweand hear about the story you wrote.
Yeah, yeah, I got aletter from a guy named a proms
it. I'm fromcid Adrian phromsy Be. Precise. Tell me something, mister
Marlowe. Have you done much writing? No? Neither very well for a
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beginner. Well, it's based onan authentic case. You run this publishing
business all by yourself, Miss Rompson, No, no, mister Kingby revenge
it tell me? Are there rarelydetectors like the war in your story who
never lie, cheat or double crossthe clients? Yeah, there are a
couple of dopes like that. Good, then you are writing about yourself.
Look, you don't really want tobuy my story, do you? I
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was about to offer you two hundreddollars. Oh no, Why don't you
quit being cute? The real reasonI'm here is because you want a smooth
operator who keeps his mouth shut.When you read my story, you said,
that's my boy. He's dumb,he's brave, and he's cheap.
Am I right? Partly, Iwant you to find mister Kingsby's wife without
his knowing you're looking for her.She's a vicious woman, a liar.
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I don't want to be nosy,Miss from said, but what makes that
any of your business? I handleall of mister Kingsby's affairs. He wants
to divorce her, and I don'tlike your manners. I'm not selling my
manners. I'm not selling my storyeither. I don't like getting mixed up
with a tricky female, even oneas good looking. As you who wants
to dispose of the boss's wife justso she can marry him herself. People
don't talk to me like that,mister Marlowe. Maybe somebody should talk to
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you like that more often. Ibeg your pardon, Hoki, Mindarry.
This is Philip Marlowe. He submitteda story, mister marlow mister Kingsby.
I always nice to see one ofour writers, mister morlow but he isn't
one of our writers. He justturned down off of two hundred dollars rather
indignantly too. But maybe he's right, derry. But this story has part
of mister Marlowe's soul in it.I would say it's worth five hundred dollars
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as souls go these days. Congratulationsmister Morrow, a businessman as well as
a writer and a private detective detectiveas it makes the story so authentic,
it's so full of what would yousay? It's full of, mister Morrow,
short sentences, hayriing. If there'sanything you want before I leave,
I don't believe so darn good night, good night. I don't mention,
mister Morrow. Yeah, five hundreddollars, eh two hundred for your story.
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Three hundred for your services and findingmissus Kingsby. You don't need any
help there, darling, not you. Please don't be too difficult. I
do need help, like I needfour thumbs. I wonder how it would
be to discuss this over a coupleof ice cubes? Would you care to
try? Imagine you needing ice cubes? Show Miss Thrompson, let's try.
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She had a very cozy apartment,Miss Prompson? Did she left me alone
while she fixed a drink? Icouldn't help spotting the telegram. It lay
there staring at me on top ofthe piano. It was addressed to Derris
Kingsby going de warez. It saidto get a divorce and marrying Chris Slavery
in Mexico. You're loving ex wifeto be Crystal. If you're going to
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take this case, mister Marlowe,the first person you should see is Chris
Lavery. Oh who's he? CrystalKingsley ran away with him a month ago,
or so we thought, a monthago? Eh? Take him that
long to get to El Paso?Who said anything about El Paso? A
telegram on the tiana? Why didn'tyou tie it on my ear? I
might have found it quicker? Oh, what's the mystery of Kingsby's wife is
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in Mexico? The mystery is thatChris Lavery's here in town, and she
isn't She's vanished and the telegrams arephony. It must be If she's missing,
why isn't Kingsby looking for her?I don't know. Maybe think she's
often a tooth, but a Mexicandivorce with no property settlement. No,
no, that's not crystal. Besides, she'd never marry Chris Lavery. Why
not? You don't marry the ChrisLaveries of this world. You just lend
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them all the money they need andforget to ask for what bed? You
seem to know all about him?Where does he live? They City,
six seventy six Oltes Street. Onemore question, Miss Promp said, what
would happen if I kissed you?Why don't you try? And you always
close your eyes when you think somebody'sgonna kiss him? What stucked you?
Did you close your eyes when Laverykissed you? Get out? You want
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to marry Kingsby because Lavery chilled hGet out? Sure, and I'll see
Lavery, But don't try to becute anymore. Just edit my manuscript?
Yes, I plan to smash theemotion right out of it. That's the
manuscript. This is me, goodnight, sweetheart, as I'm lavery mister
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Marlowe, come right on him,sir Well, I declare business must be
bad if you have to go fromdoor to door, So listening, client,
Look, uncle Tom, I don'tneed a job. I've got one,
And if you tell me where missusKingsby is, I'll stop bothering you.
I haven't seen Crystal in two months, and I've never been to El
Paso, if that's what you're aboutto ask. Oh, you know about
the telegrammer? Well, yes,miss Adrian told me. Miss Adrian did,
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did she? Well? I guessthere's nothing to do to them but
go to the cops. But forsome reason, mister marlow I don't think
mister Kingsby would allow that, sohe might have to to protect himself in
case anything's happened to his wife.Happens Crystal Kingsby has money. Once in
a wild, boys like you haveto make it the hard way. You
offend me, mister Morrow, loosenup, Labory, You'll save yourself a
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lot of trouble. I'll never speakdisrespectfully of a lady. Not even one
as as fascinating as missus Kingsby was, was sir. Oh just a slip
of a tongue, mister Marlow.No, no, I don't hanker for
any part of missus Kingsby. Thelittle lady must have sent that telegram just
to mbrangle me. Uh and brangledyou. Oh yes, you're a yankee.
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You wouldn't understand. Good, pardonme, sir? Do you have
the time? That's the matter?Your clock and brangle too? Shortening bread
and let me have it. WhenI looked at my watch, brass knuckles,
Southern fry. When things came backin focus, I was in the
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Bay City jail. Detective opened tosell and walked me down the car.
It's a matter right, Oh no, it's fine. When you came out
of your black got your started slugging, I had to put your sleep again.
Oh fine, all right, wiseguy in here, Captain King wants
to see him come in the gamma. This is Marlow, Captain. He
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likes Sarchia. Everything is fine.What's the charge, captain? Drunking?
Your car ran up over the curband found you were out cold. This
empty bottle was in your hand.Oh fine. We don't think it's fine
at all. The only reason I'mtalking to you instead of the judge is
that your papers say you're a privatedetective. You're on some kind of a
case hunt. Sure, and myclient slug me, dump me in my
car, ran it up over acurtain board, whiskey on me. Then
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he phoned for you boys. Maybeit wasn't a client, right, there's
a Southern gentleman named Chris Lavery.Who is your client. I don't reveal
my client's name. You're talking tothe police. The names of my clients
are confidential. If they want,I wouldn't have any clients. Okay,
but that private license doesn't give youthe right start trouble in day city without
letting me in on what you're at. I don't like private dis captain.
I never met one yet that wasn'ta crook. I've heard of people that
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don't like cops. That seems impossible, doesn't it. Your car's im back
of the jail, get in atMarlow and get out of his town.
Good morning, miss trompsaid, howdid you get in here without being announced?
I told the receptionist it was anemergency. You looked like an emergency.
Well, it's an old sickness reoccurringblack eyes. Mister lavery impresstrow his
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brass knuckles. Did well, well, nothing, I woke up in the
Bay City jail. All right,back, will we start? Yeah,
maybe this is a good place forme to get off. What do you
want for three hundred dollars a funeral? You were hired to find, Christer
Kingsby. You'll be asking too muchto start working as a detective. Crystal
Kingsby was lastly in Little Fawn Lake. That's a place in the mountains beyond
Arrowhead, a few cabins in aprivate lake owned by mister Kingsby. Drive
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up there and talk to Katich.Excuse me, miss Ramsey. Yes,
there's a man here to see misterKingsby and mister Floyd Greer. Greer,
he's a newspaper man. He says. It's about something that's happened at the
lake. Missus bohmsy, how fine, mister Kingsby show mister greeryan you'd better
sit down to mister Barber. You'rea reporter of mister Grere. What can
I do for you? We justgot worried about Transdy a little fawn like
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Miss Kingsley tragedy. Do you havea caretactor named William Chess, Well,
yes I do. He suspected tomurder his wife. Was fawn drawn than
the le like Milliam? That's right, Mariel Chess. How long since you
been up there, Miss Kingssey,Well not since last month? How about
your wife? Would she know anythingabout Mariel Chess? Of course not,
nothing more than I would. MisterMarlow, would you mind stepping out in
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the hall with me? Excuse usplease? You'd better get right up to
the lake. Do you think CrystalKingsby shoved this lady in the lake thing?
It's quite possible she hated missus Chess. You like the idea? Yes,
I do find out what happened.When we part to no one about
it? With me little fawn Lake, it reminded me of Adrian Promsey,
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so beautiful and so cold. Firstshe wants me to find missus Kingsby.
Then she wants me to prove she'sa murderer. She's a sweetheart. Adrian
is well, I'm back in townat four in the morning, and I
go straight to Adrian's apartment if Ican tramp through the mountains she can get
waked up. I have to comehere, phone. I didn't have a
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nickel. You know something, Misspromp said, you look good in this
life? What did you find it? For the lake snow? Who's being
cute? Now you are, there'llbe an item on your bill for the
bribes. I spent finding out thatMuriel Chess had another name? What name?
Mildred Havilin ever hear of her?She married your boss's caretaker because she
wanted a place to hide. Itseems that a cop was after it.
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What's this got to do with CrystalKingsby, Cristel Kingsby and Muriel or shall
I call a Mildred had a fightover a man? What man? The
guy I was slipping the twenty dollarbills to kept claiming he didn't know,
and I suppose you do. Yeah. Look look what I found, an
ankle, bracelet and grave to Mildredfrom Chris. It was hidden in Kingsby's
cabin. There could be any numberof Christmas. Oh come on now,
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miss Prompton, Laby's our boy.That ties him up with two women,
Crystal Kingsby and Muriel. You thinkhe'd drown Murial chess. It would have
drowned me if there'd been any water. Handy. Oh no, Crystal did
it. Maybe you could find somethingelse, a gun maybe? Oh look,
just give me the dell I putout for expenses. Now go on
home without finding missus King. Whydon't you concentrate on just looking beautiful,
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start being a woman. Quiet downlong enough to hear your heartbeat. You
might wake up and find it's adifferent world. I'm paying you to wake
up and find Crystal Kingsby. Okay, I'll go back and see Lavery.
No, no, you stay awayfrom Laby, go back to the lake.
You did find this, all right, but only because you're so full
of persuasion, so full of whatwould you say you were full of?
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Miss Prompsey, My, you're beingbackward for a detective. No, it's
just that I'm tired playing around.As far as the next woman in my
life is concerned everything or nothing,then i'd better be nothing. You'd be
crazy to fall in love with mefrom the lake. Let me see now,
I'm not to fall in love withyou, and I'm not to see
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Lavery. That's it exactly. Goodnight, mister mamma. I got a
little sleep and then I went straightto Lavery's house. I rang the bell,
no answer, so I just walkedin. He'd forgotten to lock his
front door. A woman was comingdown the stairs. She had a gun
in her hand, and for somereason didn't seem at all concerned about my
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presence there. Disgrace, just todisgrace. I'd read this talk to and
look at the way he abuses it. Well, just look, I'd be
glad if you wouldn't keep pointing thatthing at me at this Well, if
you're one of mister Lavery's wild friends, you can get right out. I'm
not even one of mister Lavery's tameburns on the furniture, carpets all stained.
All I want is my rent,my owness. How time, Missus
Halbrook, Well, I'm truly enchanted, Missus Holk, know what you may?
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I ask why Ant's company about hiscar behind in his car payments too.
I don't like that. I don'tlike that at all. Well,
we don't like it. If hewas going where you think he'd leave a
check under the door or something.But oh no, all I found was
this gun. I found it onthe stairs. Here you take it.
I wonder why he'd leave it onthe stairs, probably had a hole in
his pocket. So you've been lookingfor him upstairs. Huh, you're a
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naughty girl. I only wanted mymoney. I think I should call the
police. On the other hand,maybe we should stop and consider finding a
gun doesn't mean anything. Everybody keepsguns, Oh, oh, they And
I'm sure the Bay City Police wouldfrown upon us disturbing them over such a
trifle. Oh you think so.Just let the AJAX Finance comeany take care
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of this. We'll see that youget your money. Well, if you
think you'm sure I can, MissusHolbrook, You'll be a good girl now
and run along, silly man.You know you're sweet. Thank you,
Missus Holbrook. Well goodbye, nooh brother. As soon as she left,
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I went upstairs. It looked atfirst as if Lavery had packed a
bag and blown down. On hisdresser was a woman's handkerchief. I thought
of Missus Holbrook, but the initialson the handkerchief were a f Then I
became aware of a muffled sound,and I knew that I'd heard it vaguely
ever since I'd come up the stairs. It was the trickle of water running
in the bathroom shower. But Ididn't bother to turn it off, not
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when I saw the five bullet holesneatly drilled through the glass shower door,
and behind the door, crumpled onthe tiles, the body of that fine
Southern gentleman, Chris Lavery. Ididn't waste any time getting out of Lavery's
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house. I went straight to KingsbyPublications. They were having a Christmas party,
but I managed to convince Adrian prompseIt that I wanted to see her
alone. Are you trying to befunny, mister Marlow? Where did you
get that gun at Lavery's house?Lavery's dead? This gun killed him.
You hinted this sooner or later I'dfind a gun. Were you afraid he'd
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talk? Miss Thompson? If youif you didn't go to the lake,
then no. And here's another littleitem for you. I handkerchief. Do
you recognize it? The initials area F. I don't have to ask
the obvious question, do it?No? And so far nobody knows about
it but me can whoever killed Lavery? Yeah? Whoever killed him? Or
was he the type of guy whokept this sort of super in the air?
If I say no, that makesme a murderer a good suspect.
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If I say yes, what doesthat make me human? Maybe? What
are you trying to do? Playthe bright heart lady? You're afraid of
life, Miss Thompson, and people. You don't give yourself a real chance.
You never come in, mister Kingsby, Come in, what's going on?
Relax? Mister Kingsby, you've seenguns before. Maybe I lack a
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sense of humor, but if Laverydidn't think it was funny either, he's
dead dead. Did your wife owna gun? Mister Kingsby, what does
my wife have to do with this? Break it to him gently, Miss
Thompson, Derry, I hired misterMarlow to look for Crystal. I told
you Crystals to be left alone.Oh Norry, No you didn't. What
you said was you were tired todeath of her. Well why didn't you
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say so? I won't have yourprying and my private police may be prying
into your private affairs. Mister Kingsby, your wife was mixed up with Lavery.
He's dead. The Evans points toa woman. Now does she own
a gun? Or doesn't she?I don't know. Just what are you
propose to do? Mister Marlowe,call the police. What else can I
do? A thousand dollars make achange your mind? Ah, so your
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wife did have a gun? Huh, yes, but a thousand dollars.
Think I'm too proud to take it. I'm just too smart to get stuck
with it. Very well, I'lltell the authorities anything they want to know.
As for you, if you thinkyou're gonna harm Chrystal, you're very
much mistaken, and understand this clearly. I never said anything endearing so you.
It was because I was lonely.I don't intend to make the same
mistake again. You say that formy benefit of yours, Miss rompsid mine
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all mine? So you lost memy million dollars. Oh you smart?
You deliberately forced a show down withhim. Yeah, he thought you'd make
me lose kingby and then I'd comeflying straight to your arms. Tell me,
mister marlow you always fall in lovewith your client, only the ones
in skirts. Well there's more thanone. King's beyond the Christmas Street,
mister marlow, and I'll shake oneluciyet, don't you worry. And it's
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for you. You just haul yourselfout of here and send me a bill
for your failure. Very Christmas,I said, Merry Christmas. I'm glad
you have met you and have agood cry to Wait, why please step
into this other room. I wantto talk to you. I don't know
what your arrangement is with Adrien anymore. Well, then I'd like to make
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one with you. Now. Iknow my wife has made mistakes, but
no matter how things look, Crystalcouldn't have killed anyone. She must be
found and kept out of this.That'll be tough. You can name your
own price. I'm imploring you tohelp me. And if we keep your
wife in the clear, who dowe pin the murder on? Huh?
Well, well, what do eitherof us really know about Adrian? Don't
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you know anything about it? Actually? Very little? Oh? I was
aware she knew Avery, just howwell? I don't ask when I was
beginning to like you? You wantthe facts? Don't sure? I want
the facts? She fires me?You hire me? Happy Phil Marlow the
boy detective? Where are you goingback to Lavery's house? Oh? A
little Yule Tide celebration of the BayCity cops think you've been handling this gun.
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How stupid are you? Mom?I'm giving you the gun to Gamoor.
Maybe I should have tossed it downas sue you got an alibi,
Marlo. I told you about missusHallbrook Capin. She was here ahead of
me. It could have been her, and it could have been you.
You said you'd come back and getLavery got in those words? What in
that tall? I told you notto start troubling this town. Who's your
client this time? You better tellme? His name is Daris Kingsby runs
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his string of magazines. Keep talking. His wife ran out on him about
a month ago from a place hehas up in the mountains, Little Fawn
Lake. How did you run off? Well, A good guess would be
Lavery. I came here the daybefore yesterday to ask Lavery if he knew
where she was, and for mypains, I landed in the can.
In case you've forgotten, we rememberpeople. What was Lavery's story about Kingsby's
warning said he hadn't seen her intwo months? After you turn me loose,
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I went up to Little Fawn Lake. Why because something peculiar happened up
there. They found a woman inthe lake, a Dane named murial Chest.
Just stick to what happened here.I am this Murial Chess had an
ankle bracelet. It was given tohim by somebody named Chris. Oh what
so she's dead and upstairs is acorpse named Chris. I see. So
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you go through this joint, takethe gun collect or, steal anything you
can and fi They get around andcalling us, well, I don't buy
it. What do I care abouta drowned dame in the lake? Man's
been murdered here and that's not forme. Who are you trying to cover
Obato? I told you all Iknow. Okay, big shot, I'm
going upstairs to Garmel. I'll seeall the corner's doing. You. Uh
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you ever been to little foreign laketo Gamo? You look kind of interested,
we asked the question speaker, Andwhen I mentioned the lady in the
lake, you look still more interested. You heard me? Ever, hear
of a girl named Mildred Havelen.There was a fellow up there a few
weeks ago looking for Mildred Havelen.They tell me he acted like a cop,
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a tough cop with bad manners likeyou. What's Mildred Havlen got to
do with it? She and MurielChess were the same girl. She changed
her name because she was trying tohide from this tough cop. Does it
add up? No, I thinkit does. They gave me a pretty
good description of that cop they sentyou. I was about to say that
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this female had a shady past,and I think you know something about it.
It sort of confronts it, doesn'tit. Garo. Now we're getting
somewhere. You'll stick your nose inmy business and you'll wake up any with
a catch looking at you. Whatdid she do this, Mildred Dame?
Bump somebody off down here? Isthat what you had on it? Put
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it out? What's going on here? To Gado? He got cute?
What's your gun? Away? You'llkeep going acting smart, Martol, and
you'll see what happens. The onlyreason I'm giving you another chance to talk
is because of what the corner says. He claims lavery was killed last night.
That doesn't let you out, thoughI say it doesn't. People come
on top. You better take awalk to gone. Have you let me
work them up with us a littlewallee take the night off, Yes,
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sir. Now, if a corneris right, how can you prove where
you were last night? I didn'tleave little Fawn Lake till after midnight.
I stopped at red service station halfwaydown the mountain and got gad In San
Bernardino. I got a cup ofcoffee at the dinner Bell diner. The
waitress with the big eyes will rememberme because it was two am and I
was the only customer in the place. What about Missus Olbro. You'll love
Missus Holbrook. She's charming, butI don't know where she is. One
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of my boys upstairs. Just check. She's going to Las Vegas. We'll
have her back here tomorrow. Thatabout winds up everything, doesn't it?
You mind if I go now?There's still a charge of striking an officer.
You funny guys, kill me cambefore you toss me in a cell.
Did you ever hear of a damenamed Mildred Hablin? No, that's
the real name of that woman drownedin the lake. Ask de Gamo about
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it? Why should I? Becausede Gamo knew Labour any new Mildred Hablin?
Well they're both dead. That's abig statement, modeled. Why do
you think de Gamo slapped me around? Look, you turn me loose and
I'll do some finding out tonight.You can too by talking to the Gamo.
You know what you're doing, don'tyou. You're practically forcing on me
the rottenness job a police official canhave investigating one of his own men.
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I'll work with you in any wayyou want. All right, here's what
you do. Call the disk sergeantand get him to give you a nice
ques. Whyats sell? For aminute, I thought you were on the
level that you want me out ofthe way, don't you? So you
and de Gamo can fix this upanyway. That's suits. This wasn't Christmas
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even looked. My kids weren't waitingfor me to all right, you didn't
murder Lavery. The charge of takinga swing at the Garbos dismissed. Just
do me a great, big favorand get out of here. I made
a phone call as soon as Ileft. I have a friend downtown on
one of the newspapers. I askedhim to dig up anything he could for
me on Mildred Havilin. He saidhe'd call me at my hotel in an
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hour. Come in, good eveningand a merry Christmas to you, miss
Rompson. I had to see you. Why I didn't leave that handkerchief in
Lavery's house? You still worrying aboutthat. I read a story once about
a killer who left clues around thepoint somebody else. That was a story.
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Oh, I wouldn't kill anyone.I wouldn't. Oh, of course,
not just a nice sweet can't firea girl. I'm all mixed up
to me. If it turns outthat you're the little girl who held the
hot and smoking pistol, You're gonnabe really mixed up. You think I
could do a thing like that?Yes, I thought you liked me.
The girl I like won't be lookingfor a million dollar marriage or trying to
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hang a murder on another woman.What will this girl do? Take care
of me? Unglamorous, isn't it? Would you consider buying me a drink?
No, I'm expecting a call.But it's a time and place for
everything. This is Christmas, eve, see I wasn't kidding. Hello,
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go ahead, Dan, here's whatwe have on the middle of one.
She was mixed up on a suicideabout a year and a half ago.
Just a minute, Hey, missPrompson, would you mind leaving? I
thought you were off the case.Who's your client? Now? I never
reveal a client's name. It's King's, isn't it. I have to eat.
Don't I blow me your kiss andclose the door gently as you leave.
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I'll call you if I need you. Drexel three three three nine one.
I'm sorry, Dugan. Well,this Milder Haablin was a nice,
litte doctor. Them out one daycity, so one night. Florence Almore,
that's the doctor's wife, was fiveten. Cop named to Carlo investigated
Verdick's suicide. What happened to MildredHabilin? She just faned right after that?
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Anybody figure Florence Almore was murdered.Just the folks. Mister missus Grayson
raised a big fuss and face.Since then they've clammed up. Somebody scared
them, silly, somebody has hashe? Where did the Graysons live?
Bay City? Eugene Grayson names inthe phone book. I'm much obliged to
you, Dugan. What names didyou say? Marlow? I'm a private
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detective, mister Grayson. I wantto talk to you about your daughter.
You leave us alone. We toldthe police everything. I only want to
help you. Missus. My daughtersdead. Can you bring her back?
We've had just about enough. MissTomorrow off he was here before for one
solid hour. We don't want totalk anymore. He was here, that
cop. He thinks she committed suicide, doesn't he, well, I don't.
I think your daughter was murdered.I think Mildred Halin murdered her.
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Get out. He covered up forher. That's why he wants to keep
you quiet. My wife told youto get out, and we had trouble
enough. Leaving Grayson's house, Isaw this other car down the block.
Two miles later. It was stillon my tail. I stepped on the
gas and cut across town, butI couldn't shake it all right. Then
i'd stopped. As I started toslow down, he pulled up alongside of
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me and turned A spot might fullin my eyes. At forty miles an
hour, you hit a ditch.In the split second before I passed out,
I saw who it was, togm. I don't really know if the
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Gamo had figured on killing me inthat crash or not. I don't think
it much mattered in any event,I'd be taken care of. When I
came to there, I was soakedand whiskey in an empty bottle on the
floorboards, but I got one break. I didn't sleep quite as long as
the Gamo figured I must have lookedreal cute crawling out of what was left
in my car. I was dizzyand sick, my face over blooding my
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legs so nomb I couldn't walk.Across the highway was a gas station.
It was closed for the night,but outside was a public telephone boot.
Hello, this is Marlowe. Ohso you've changed your mind. I'd made
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a phone booth in a gas stationin the south road, the south road.
I was out suppose gas station.Why are you talking like that?
Come and get me, Come andget hello. Hello, Hello, your
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way? How do you feel theway I look and look a lot better
than you did in spite of theeyedine. I'm working over you for an
hour? How did I get here? I brought you here in my car
From then on the dormant help me. Does the dormant think anything of dumping
bruised, unconscious men on your livingroom sofa? I told him you were
drunken, had fallen down. Prayyou call the police. Oh no,
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I love policemen, especially one namedde Gama. Who's de Gamo? Just
a hard working cop who figured toframe me the same way Lavery did.
He pulls this little stump and thencalls headquarters saying he's a public spirited citizen
reporting a drunk driver. Only yougot to me first. What's obliged?
What's de Gama got to do withall that? That's why I keep asking
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myself how did he know I wasgonna visit Florence Aultmore's folks? Oh,
a girl who committed suicide, maybeabout a year and a half ago.
Oh, I wonder, just getoff the case. Why be private detective
at all? Why you only gethungry again? Oh, you don't have
to make a living that way.You can ripe, remember, and I
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can help you. Oh we befine together and everything. We be fine
together. If only you, ifonly i'd want Oh you don't think you
can trust me? I want youto know that you can. It's true.
I've been a long time wanting things, thinking I wanted things. What
do you want now? I wantto take care of you. Maybe it
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isn't glamorous, but I want tobe your girl. That's what I want
for Christmas. And don't you laughat me. I'm not laughing. Come
here, you close your eyes too, don't you, darling? Why are
you frowning? No? Still notconvinced I didn't kill Avery. Yah,
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how can you think that I haveto think of everything? Oh, don't
just think of me. Quit beinga detective please, I can't till this
is over. Oh. I wishI could tell you how I feel.
You mean you've got that. Uh. I'm scared, but it's wonderful feeling.
Yes, scared, but yeah,scared, but you're not scared of
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me. I don't know. I'mglad. It proves how you feel.
You see, I'm glad about everything. I've never felt this way. Before
you go to sleep now, I'llsee you in the morning. Good night,
good night. We were eating breakfastnext morning in the kitchen. She
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was like a little girl. Idon't know. Maybe it was because it
was Christmas Day. Anyway, shehad our future together all figured out.
The first thing we'll do is leavehere and go to New York, New
York. Sure, what do weuse for money? Oh? We can
start with the store you wrote andgo on from there. We'll make lots
of money together. We'll own theworld. And if you're the guilty girl,
what does that leave me? Besides? I got another worry this morning?
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No, what other worried? Dog? Gamo By. Now he knows
I'm on the loose. He'll starton the power for me with a cold,
howling heart of hate and the gunfull of bullets to stop me from
talking about what I don't know?But you say here at least for I
won't answer it, you'd better answeryou. No, Adrian opened the door.
Kingsby let him in just a minute, dearis what's the idea. I've
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been following you for an hour.I've had the receiver her off. Well,
I thought you might know where Icould find model. I've been searching
everywhere for you. I even wentto the police. They're looking for you
too. They happen to follow youhere. Yes, yes, two detectives
have been following me all morning.Why didn't you invite them up? I
don't know what your troubles are,but I have my own. All right,
let's hear yours. I'll have beentrying to find you because my wife's
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in Bay City. How do youknow, Crystal? Phone me. She's
in trouble. The police a rathere. She needs me. He wants
money, take it to it.With two detectives following me, Oh no,
you're gonna take it the money?Who I am am I. Oh,
that's five hundred dollars in sound.It's all I could raise on a
holiday. It's worth anything to meto get it to her. You've used
that word anything a couple of times. How much is anything? He'll get
five thousand dollars Morlow. That's thedeal, Santa Claus? What's the deal?
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I don't want you near her.She's troubled. Two people have been
killed already, she has some answers. Well, what else can I do?
Stay here and let the cops comeafter me. We'll figure out a
way for both of them and endup where And I got it with my
teeth kicked in smelling of whiskey.I never drank running down alleys. The
only way out of this is tosee Crystal the South. No, let
someone else. There's the money,five grand, just in case my typewriter
breaks down and I can't write stories. It's enough to start. I'm more
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than enough to bury you with.No. I won't let you go.
If I run away and never findthe answers, I'll never know for sure
about you. Well, I allright, then go Where do I meet
your wife? Mister Kingsby in frontof a cocktail bar called the Peacock Cafe
San the main boulevard near fourteenth Street. Here, take my scarff where sure
Recofen you'll leave first, Kings,we take those detectives on a tour of
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Chinatown. Keep them following you whileI go down to Bay City. Good
Luckmulow. Thanks you realize, ofcourse, maybe a traffic Kings we set
for you himself. Yeah, oh, please don't go. I told you
once it's everything or nothing. I'mgonna trust you. Get hold of Captain
Cannon, come after it. Well, how we know where to fight?
Make Crystal take me to wherever she'shiding out. You'll follow me from there.
Maybe I won't be able to.There's a box of rice in your
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kitchen, courting a girl named fromSid. I read a story once our
detective carried rice around in his pocket. It left a very nice trail.
Maybe it'll work again. Are thekeys in your car? Yes, I'll
go down the backstairs to the garage. Goodbye, miss from Sid. You've
been charming company. Wait, thisis the payoff, isn't there? Say
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that again about I'm scared, butit's a wonderful feeling. I'm scared,
but it is what I didn't haveto wait long in front of the Peacock
cafe. The girl hardly glanced atme as she walked over to a shop
window next door and stood there waiting. I tried being casual as I sewed
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it up. Give me the money, you get right to the point,
don't you, missus? Kingsby justhanded over? Where are you staying?
What makes it your business? Anenvelope in my pocket for five hundred bucks
five hundred dollars? You want itor would you rather just crab about it?
Give it to me? I will, but not here. Come on?
How far? Is it not far? I promised i'd phone your husband
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as soon as I found he canwait another two minutes. You can pump
from my room. Kingsby, closethe door. Yeah, it's kind of
hot in here. I wouldn't thinkof my guest being uncomfortable. What's out
there beyond that window the roof?You must come again. Sometimes we'll take
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a I'll quit story. It's convenienthaving a pair of them, isn't it?
Pair of them? A pair oflittle guns, little guns that killed
just the same as big guns.Why don't you take it out of your
coat pocket? Yes? I will. It is nice, isn't it now?
If you'll hand over that Armler.It was a good act you put
on as Missus Holbrook, the landlad. You weren't so bad yourself as the
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finance company. The cop say Laverywas killed the knight before we met.
What I can't figure is what youcame back for the next morning. I
was looking for money, and Istill as I'd be crazy to carry any
money with me. Think of mytrading position. Where is it if you
haven't got that money? Now?What shoot me? Don't you think I
will? Sure I do, Mildredwhat I said? Sure I do,
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Mildred. You don't think I reallybelieve your Crystal Kingsby? Do you?
Although Kingsby believed it when you talkto him on the phone, didn't he?
Now you're Mildred Havlin. You murderedthe Almore woman. I didn't.
She was assixiated in the car.It was an accident. The lady in
the lake instead of being you asCrystal Kingsby, Was that an action?
Yes? Yes, it was Crystaland I. We tried to close one
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night in her She had on mythings and I had on hers. We
went across the lake seat we couldpull bill, bill chaff my heart and
Crystal fell in the lake and sankto the boxes. Yes she did.
I didn't know what to do.You ran away to well Passo. You
met Lavery that his death was anaccident too. I suppose he took a
gun into the shower, Ben,I don't know. I don't know.
Avery was the only man who knewthe real identity of the lady in the
lake, wasn't he, Mildred.I'm through talking, and you'd better have
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that money on your head. Youcan't shoot Mildred, not with a safety
catch on here. Let me fixyou. Come, let me give you
a tip, molded never try toshoot a man when he's looking at you.
I'm frightened, so frighten. Getme out of here. Please please
take me with you. I'll betthat act went over big with Laby.
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Please. It went over big withDegamo too, didn't it. He covered
up for you on the Olmore case. Every time you look at a man
he falls over. Doesn't he know? I'm a nice girl. You don't
understand me of a nice You're alovely girl. I'd like to play dolls
with you. That the cops.Mildred, I invited them here to meet
Crystal Kingsby. They're going to bequite surprised to see you. No,
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oh no, you wouldn't. ManAdriana and bring the gallant Captain Kine with
you. Get him up Mono todormo, Honey, get him with that
gun. Honey, kill him,kill him. Talk to me like that,
sweetheart. De Gamo doesn't like youanymore, Mildred, Yes he does,
don't you, Honey. You weren'texpecting the Domo, were you.
He was expecting the other cops.Honey. It's been a long time since
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he's seen you, Mildred, eversince you double crossed him. You ran
away and changed your name from Mildredto Muriel and married that poor little guy
named Jess. The gmo'st been lookingfor you, have you, Honey?
Why don't you laugh, Mildred likehe's laughing. Take care of him,
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William. Let's get out of here. We're not going any place I thought
you would. Then I wish youwere, because you're a murderer. And
this time that's the way I'm gonnaleave you. Oh that's crazy, you're
talking crazy. I went crazy thenI Florence Alimore died and you made a
clown out of me. Even afteryou ran away, I still loved you.
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You made a bad coup out ofme. Moly, But this is
the end of it. Don't doit to Gamo, she's the killer.
Don't get yourself in any more trouble. Take her in if you're a good
cop. Off, Yeah, more, case won't come up. They'll convict
it for Crystal Kingsby's murder or lavery. You'll be clear. I'll be clear.
This is her gun. If shedies by it and you die by
it, I'll be clear because I'llbe the officer who investigates. You're a
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fool. To guy, I'm nofool, and I'll be a good cop.
I'll be the best cup in theworld. But she isn't gonna hurt
anybody again. No, no,please, I've done, honey. I
love you. I didn't get it. First, you cover up a murder
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for her, and then you killit. It doesn't make any sense,
does it to Gama. Something's dumb, petty cool Fever. Eh yeah,
we all get it, Beeper,we all get it. I once said
Pettico Fever myself. I took achance and lost when you walked in that
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door instead of Kane. A lotof things suddenly ended for me. I'm
scared, but it isn't wonderful anymore. I'll say you're lost. My drunk
driving frame didn't stick with this onewill. How does it feel dying in
the dirty middle of somebody else's love. I don't want to seem selfish,
but I'm thinking of my own.I followed your ice hre well, thanks
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a lot. I followed it,and I kicked it into the streets so
nobody else would follow it. SoI don't be expecting any friends or relation.
How did you you know about howdo you suppose your girl? Adrian?
That's a lot? How else doyou think? I know? That
was a cheap gag, that Rice, But that's the way all private disend
up, a last cheap trick,a cheap double cross. You're in the
(40:13):
same boat I am, but you'regonna be in a dead Caine. I
never thought you'd get here gags.Still thinking of gags. You have me
to tend around. Eh, there'snobody out on that roof. How crazy
do you think I am? Becareful, Kane. That gunn of his
is pointed right at me. Cutit out, Mono get him with the
first flood cane, or he'll getme. I'm getting you right now.
(40:39):
Gags, nothing, gags. Youare right, Yeah, I'm all right.
What about him? Take a lookfor his sake. I hope he's
dead. I'd have been here alot sooner, but he messed up your
trailer. Rice, You get thestory on all this? Yeah, I
(41:00):
got the story. All right,let's have it. I'll write it.
I'll see that. You get thefirst copy fresh out of the typewriter.
What about her this day, MildredAvalan, She murdered the Almore woman,
Crystal Kingsby and Chris Lavery. TheGamo killed her. Yeah, he had
a wonderful movie. He was inlove with her. Well, I had
(41:29):
promised Kane the first copy in thereit is the Grandma. May not be
so hot, but I'll let it. Oh, yeah, you're wondering about
her, aren't you? About Adrian? De Gamo had said, she tipped
him off. What had happened wasthat de Gamo had overheard Adrian's phone call
to Kane. That's how the Gamogot to me first. Those things happen
(41:51):
sometimes. But Adrian, come in, yeah, come in, have you
got the tickets. Yes to NewYork one Way. Are you scared?
But it's wonderful.
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