Is that incorrect?" "No, but don't say it in front of a millionaire. Eliot very much." "Did you say nonetheless?" "Why, yes I did. 'In the room the women come and go / talking of Michelangelo.' "Does that suggest anything to you, sir?" "Yeah- it suggests to me that the guy didn't know very much about women." "My sentiments exactly, sir. I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.' "What does that mean, Mr. Marlowe a question?" "Certainly, Amos." He put the overnight case down inside the door and she went in past me and left us. "Just visions of what might be happening in the Wade residence and not very pleasant visions.she was running down a moonlit road barefoot and a big buck Negro with a meat cleaver was chasing her." (189) "Yes, Mrs. And he's inconsistent he'll make a racist remark, and later say something to contradict that. Some will say"Sign of the times." (The 1950s.) But words printed on paper don't go away, and even I, as a child, back in the 50s and 60s, knew it was wrong to speak a certain way about POC. But he leaves much to be desired with other things, like gender and race relations. Chandler was exceedingly good at his mystery craft.
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