Wednesday, May 3, 2017

the last book I ever read (Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, excerpt two)

from The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett:

“I went to bed. And this morning when I went out for breakfast I saw the headlines in the papers and read about—you know. Then I went up to Union Square, where I had seen automobiles for hire, and got one and went to the hotel for my luggage. After I found my room had been searched yesterday I knew I would have to move, and I had found this place yesterday afternoon. So I came up here and then telephoned your office.”

“Your room at the St. Mark was searched?” he asked.



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