Yes,' Spade growled. 'And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.' He released Cairo's wrist and with a thick open hand struck the side of his face three times savagely.
Dashiell HammettWho shot him? I asked. The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.
Dashiell HammettThe problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.
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