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The Maltese Falcon

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The Maltese Falcon

Written by: Dashiell Hammett
Narrated by: Harry Shaw
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"I have two proposals to make, sir, and either is fair. Take your choice. I will give you twenty-five thousand when you deliver the falcon, and another twenty-five thousand as soon as I get to New York; or I will give you one quarter—twenty-five percent—of what I realize on the falcon. There you are, sir: an almost immediate fifty thousand dollars or a vastly greater sum within, say, a couple of months."

Spade drank and asked:

"How much greater?"

"Vastly," the fat man repeated. "Will you believe me if I name the amount that seems the probable minimum?"

"Why not?"

"What would you say, sir, to half a million?"

Spade narrowed his eyes. "Then you think the dingus is worth two million?"

Gutman smiled serenely. "In your own words, why not?"

Public Domain (P)2025 Mark Nelson
Crime Fiction Hard-Boiled Mystery Noir Traditional Detectives
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