The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories

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Dashiell Hammett. The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories

TOO MANY HAVE LIVED

THEY CAN ONLY HANG YOU ONCE

A MAN CALLED SPADE

THE ASSISTANT MURDERER

NIGHT SHADE

THE JUDGE LAUGHED LAST

HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER

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The man's tie was as orange as a sunset. He was a large man, tall and meaty, without softness. The dark hair parted in the middle, flattened to his scalp, his firm, full cheeks, the clothes that fit him with noticeable snugness, even the small, pink ears flat against the sides of his head—each of these seemed but a differently colored part of one same, smooth surface. His age could have been thirty-five or forty-five.

He sat beside Samuel Spade's desk, leaning forward a little over his Malacca stick, and said, "No. I want you to find out what happened to him. I hope you never find him." His protuberant green eyes stared solemnly at Spade.

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She pinched her lower lip between her teeth, said "No" hesitantly.

"Fine. I'll have him in."

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