- •I. Spade & Archer
- •In a shiny boyish face. She finished shutting the door behind her, leaned
- •Is Mr. Archer, my partner."
- •I'm so afraid of what might happen to Corinne. I'm afraid of him. Could
- •II. Death in the Fog
- •Voice said: "Hello... Yes, speaking... Dead? ... Yes... Fifteen minutes.
- •In through two open windows, bringing with it half a dozen times a
- •Its hands at five minutes past two.
- •4500, And ordered a taxicab. He put on a green-striped white shirt, a soft
- •In an all-night drug-store on the corner of Bush and Taylor Streets,
- •It... That's a good girl... And keep her away from the office... Tell her I'll
- •Is murder and don't you forget it."
- •In front of his hotel just thirty-five minutes after you left Burritt Street."
- •Voice: "Tom says you were in too much of a hurry to even stop for a look
- •If you did or you didn't you'll get a square deal out of me, and most of
- •III. Three Women
- •Voice low.
- •Impromptu air. Having spoken, she stepped back from the door and
- •Iva came quickly to him, raising her sad face for his kiss. Her arms
- •In black slippers whose smallness and heel-height were extreme. "Be
- •Iva," bowed her out, shut the door, and returned to his desk. He took
- •Voice, "how did you and the widow make out?"
- •Voice. "But there was a time."
- •I'd be a louse too if it would give me a body like hers — "
- •I'll be back in an hour, or phone you."
- •IV.The Black Bird
- •If necessary."
- •I would rather die. Can't you, Mr. Spade?"
- •I know I've no right to ask you to trust me if I won't trust you. I do
- •I do trust you, but — I trusted Floyd and — I've nobody else, nobody
- •Voice when you say things like 'Be generous, Mr. Spade.'"
- •I do want it, and need it, so much. And the lie was in the way I said it,
- •In Geary Street, I think it was, for supper and to dance, and came back
- •Idea of what it's all about. For instance, I've got to have some sort of a
- •It last night, but I know he never wears an overcoat without it."
- •Is hopeless, and useless, I suppose." She stretched out her right hand. "I
- •Implacable.
- •Immense desk on which bales of paper were heaped. The small man
- •Idea that if Miles would go off and die somewhere we'd stand a better
- •Very glossy. His features were Levantine. A square-cut ruby, its sides
- •Interesting figure." The sound of the corridor-door's closing behind Effie
- •Inner pocket. "You will please," he said, "clasp your hands together at
- •V.The Levantine
- •In his chair, intertwined the fingers of his two hands behind his head. His
- •It's done?"
- •In an honest and lawful way."
- •VI.The Undersized Shadow
- •Into the wastebasket, put on his hat and overcoat, turned off the lights,
- •Into the vestibule of a tall brown apartment-building. He pressed three
- •Into, so you won't expect me to drop it entirely, will you?"
- •Iva spoke quickly: "I've got to talk to you, Sam. Can't I come in?" Her
- •Iva clicked her teeth together and asked sharply: "Who is she?"
- •VII. G in the Air
- •In his bedroom that was a living-room now the wall-bed was up,
- •In a padded rocking chair, and telephoned the Hotel Belvedere. Cairo
- •It had happened.
- •Interested in it, her curiosity more engaged with his purpose in telling the
- •In order, though there were enough loose ends to indicate that he had not
- •In his immediate possession at the time of his going. His habits for
- •It was not, primarily, the injustice of it that disturbed him: he
- •It seemed reasonable enough to him. I don't think he even knew he had
- •I to understand from that, Mr. Spade? I came here in good faith, with no
- •It except through him."
- •In, Cairo, There's no use standing here talking for all the neighbors."
- •Into the passageway. Spade shut the corridor-door behind him and they
- •Impatience.
- •Intentionally or not, a blunt forefinger pointed at Spade.
- •In. What do you want to do about it? Try to get in? Or do your talking
- •Idea that I knocked Thursby off because he'd killed Miles falls apart if
- •It over."
- •VIII. Horse Feathers
- •In front of him. His lips were working spasmodically, but no coherent
- •Indignation in his manner had been replaced by caution. "He said he
- •I wouldn't touch it. Then he pulled a gun — well, never mind that unless
- •It comes to a point of laying charges against each other.
- •I could get something out of him about Miles's and Thursby's killings, so
- •I asked him to come up here. Maybe we put the questions to him a little
- •Into the eyes of anyone there.
- •It's one of mine." He laughed. "Too bad it's only a thirty-two, or maybe
- •Immediately with a dreamy quality added. He steadied himself with a
- •In touch with Miss o'Shaughnessy through me."
- •In a voice that aped casualness, "Well, is that all?" and taking a step
- •IX. Brigid
- •It's coming out bit by bit anyhow. There's a lot of it I don't know, but
- •Indignation had darkened her eyes to violet. "And that's why I came to
- •It worth all that money?" he demanded. "You must have some idea, at
- •X. The Belvedere Divan
- •In the girl's apartment he switched on all the lights. He searched the
- •In a polychrome box in a locked dressing-table-drawer.
- •Into his mouth.
- •Visible in the vicinity of the Coronet when the taxicab arrived there.
- •Into a brown paper curved to catch it.
- •It was twenty-one minutes past eleven by the clock over the elevator
- •If you've been standing up under a police-storm all night. See you later."
- •Vestibule-register, hunting for you under an alias."
- •I'm ever going to make heads or tails of it." He put an arm around her
- •XI. The Fat Man
- •Ingratiating and so was his purring voice. "You could say, then, that the
- •Visible. "Mr. Spade, have you any conception of how much money can be
- •Impression?"
- •I know where it is. That's why we're here."
- •I know, but you will not tell me what you know. That is hardly equitable,
- •Voice: "Think again and think fast. I told that punk of yours that you'd
- •I can get along without you. God damn you! Maybe you could have got
- •Violent temper."
- •XII. Merry-Go-Round
- •Its trembling by the time he had sat down. He ate hungrily without haste,
- •It. She followed Miles long enough to make sure he was shadowing the
- •Vestibule to examine it out of the wind.
- •In the doorway of Spade's office-building he came face to face with
- •Voice of one in physical pain: "Keep on riding me and you're going to be
- •XIII. The Emperor's Gift
- •Immeasurable, wealth of the Order at that time?"
- •In j. Delaville Le Roulx's Les Archives de l'Ordre de Saint-Jean there is
- •It to Charles, who was in Spain. He sent it in a galley commanded by a
- •Voice dropped to a whisper again. "It never reached Spain." He smiled
- •It was there and it came into the possession there of Victor Amadeus II
- •Vouched for it.
- •It actually was. I got wind of it and finally forced most of the history out
- •In London and read that his establishment had been burglarized and him
- •I don't know about that. But I did know I wanted it and I was afraid this
- •I will give you twenty-five thousand dollars when you deliver the falcon
- •I will give you one quarter — twenty-five per cent — of what I realize on
- •In maximum as he said it.
- •Inside his coat over his heart. The corners of his mouth twitched.
- •XIV. La Paloma
- •Visiting, was fed knockout-drops, and came to twelve hours later all
- •I'd die. He'd know I'd be up and around in ten or twelve hours. So
- •Inside, the page that held financial and shipping news, the weather,
- •Into the torn part of the Call. The fit at the sides was exact, but between
- •Inch was missing, sufficient space to have held announcement of six or
- •It with the page taken from Cairo's wastebasket. The missing portion had
- •In that field, but the names and dates are all right, and at least none of
- •It if it's phoney."
- •XV. Every Crackpot
- •It, and asked: "You say you've seen them before: where was that at?" He
- •It. You poisoned that guy for us."
- •In his chair, addressed Spade pleasantly: "You and the police haven't
- •In it without knowing what it was. That could — "
- •I'm dumb."
- •Impressive key and his words came out spaced and distinct — "you made
- •Identity or information that would lead to his apprehension."
- •Into an ashtray on the desk. He spoke carelessly: "I don't know anything
- •Information that will enable us to determine the category."
- •XVI. The Third Murder
- •I'll take the police down there." Her voice trembled, broke, and was thin
- •Inquisitively.
- •It's hard to get anything out of the crew, but they had a row and
- •I haven't been able to get hold of the Custom-House-men who were on
- •In the rear basement — late this morning. The chances are it got started
- •It's the — "
- •It. Then the man's knees bent and he bent at the waist and his thin body
- •It, but no more blood came from it, and all his long body was as still as
- •Its polish was not dulled by wood-dust and fragments of excelsior.
- •XVII. Saturday Night
- •In a shimmering yellow dressing-gown — a small girl whose face was
- •It. Across its back was a thin red scratch an inch and a half or more in
- •Impatiently and went out, leaving the suite's outer door unlocked.
- •In front of the second house from the corner Spade halted. On one of
- •In blue: Key at 31.
- •Voice: "If Ma says anything to you, Sam, be nice to her. She's all up in
- •XVIII. The Fall-Guy
- •In. Cairo stopped in the doorway. The boy put away one of his pistols and
- •Is actual money, genuine coin of the realm, sir. With a dollar of this you
- •Inexpert help."
- •I'm trying to tell you. The way to handle them is to toss them a victim,
- •I never forget that when the day of reckoning comes I want to be all set
- •Information about the falcon. Then you'll have to duck for cover with it
- •Information about the falcon? And, on the other hand, wouldn't you say
- •It's bound to be something astonishing."
- •Innocent if he could scrape up, or twist into shape, proof of their guilt. To
- •If he starts fooling around trying to gather up everybody he's going to
- •I don't see how even this District Attorney of yours can link Thursby and
- •Indescribably vicious — and inhuman — turn to the white-hot hatred
- •In it seemed genuine and unalloyed.
- •Importance to these things. You — "
- •It, and I don't think you can." He frowned at Gutman. "Let's get this
- •Interest lies and let their emotions carry them away."
- •Influenced by the guns these pocket-edition desperadoes are waving."
- •In a voice choked horribly by emotion the boy cried, "All right!" and
- •Incoherent speech — "right ... Go ... Bastard ... Smoke" — Gutman's
- •XIX. The Russian's Hand
- •Its breathing — altogether corpselike to the eye. Joel Cairo sat beside the
- •If the answer is out we'll give you to the police with your boy-friend."
- •In or he'll go in. We can't have a lot of loose ends hanging around."
- •Voice, like his smile, was frankly rueful. "You are an uncommonly
- •I suppose Thursby returned immediately after killing your partner. Be
- •Into the street, and then up to join us — and very fortunate he was, sir,
- •Indeed to lose you, and I want you to know that I couldn't be any fonder
- •It's possible to get another — and there's only one Maltese falcon."
- •Very well know." His smile was broad and jovial and triumphant.
- •Into it. Spade counted the money — nine thousand-dollar bills — and
- •Very courteous of you, to threaten us in this manner. You must know that
- •In the bathroom Brigid o'Shaughnessy found words. She put her
- •It with fingers as well as eyes. He did not find the thousand-dollar bill.
- •Into the passageway, to the closet there. He opened the door, put the
- •In his trousers-pocket, and went to the kitchen door.
- •It — for the bundle we got yesterday. Will you get the bundle and bring it
- •Valuable and he found out how valuable and made a duplicate for us! No
- •I must say you're a swell lot of thieves!"
- •I heave you the rara avis on the table as a little memento."
- •XX. If They Hang You
- •Into the telephone-directory hanging from a corner of the shelf. He
- •It too — Gutman's daughter." He described Rhea Gutman. "Watch
- •In this with you and you're not going to gum it. Talk. He sent you to
- •Incredulity joined astonishment in the girl's face.
- •In an instant she was out of his arms, back against the table,
- •Voice: "You're not — " She could get no other words out.
- •It, after the talking those birds will do. They'd hang me sure. You're
- •I couldn't have gone for a gun if I'd had one on me and couldn't have
- •I've known you? I should trust you? No, no, darling. I wouldn't do it
- •I can't help you now. And I wouldn't if I could."
- •In again she shut it behind her.
Impatiently and went out, leaving the suite's outer door unlocked.
Spade went (Спейд пошел) to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company's station (в отделение телефонной и телеграфной компании
«Пэсифик»; station — место, станция, Pacific — Тихоокеанский) in
Powell Street (на Пауэлл-стрит) and called Davenport 2020 (и позвонил /по
номеру/ Дэвенпорт 2020). "Emergency Hospital, please (госпиталь скорой
помощи, пожалуйста)…. Hello, there's a girl in suite twelve C (там
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девушка в номере-люксе двенадцать С) at the Alexandria Hotel (в отеле
«Александрия») who has been drugged (которой подмешали
наркотиков)… Yes, you'd better send somebody (да, лучше бы вы послали
кого-нибудь) to take a look at her (чтобы взглянуть на нее)... This is Mr.
Hooper of the Alexandria (это мистер Хупер из «Александрии»)…."
station ['steIS(q)n] emergency [I'mq:dZ(q)nsI] somebody ['sAmbqdI]
Spade went to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company's
station in Powell Street and called Davenport 2020. "Emergency
Hospital, please... Hello, there's a girl in suite twelve C at the Alexandria
Hotel who has been drugged... Yes, you'd better send somebody to take a
look at her... This is Mr. Hooper of the Alexandria."
He put the receiver on its prong (он положил трубку на рычажок; prong
— зубец, вилка) and laughed (и засмеялся). He called another number (он
позвонил по другому номеру) and said: "Hello, Frank. This is Sam Spade.
Can you let me have a car (ты можешь дать мне машину) with a driver (с
водителем) who'll keep his mouth shut (который будет держать свой рот
закрытым)? ... To go down the peninsula (чтобы поехать на полуостров)
right away (прямо сейчас)... Just a couple of hours (только на пару часов)...
Right (правильно). Have him pick me up at John's (скажи ему забрать меня
у /гриль-бара/ «Джона»), Ellis Street (Эллис-стрит), as soon as he can
make it (как можно скорее)."
He called another number (он набрал другой номер) — his office's
(своего офиса) — held the receiver to his ear (подержал трубку у своего
уха; to receive — принимать, получать) for a little while (недолгое время)
without saying anything (не говоря ничего), and replaced it on its hook (и
вернул ее на свой крючок).
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receiver [rI'si:vq] peninsula [pI'nInsjVlq] replace [rI'pleIs]
He put the receiver on its prong and laughed. He called another
number and said: "Hello, Frank. This is Sam Spade Can you let me have
a car with a driver who'll keep his mouth shut? ... To go down the
peninsula right away... Just a couple of hours... Right. Have him pick me
up at John's, Ellis Street, as soon as he can make it."
He called another number — his office's — held the receiver to his ear
for a little while without saying anything, and replaced it on its hook.
He went to John's Grill (он пошел а гриль «Джона»), asked the waiter to
hurry his order (попросил официанта поторопить его заказ) of chops (на
отбивные), baked potato (запеченный картофель), and sliced tomatoes (и
нарезанные помидоры), ate hurriedly (торопливо съел), and was smoking a
cigarette (и курил сигарету) with his coffee (со своим кофе) when a thick-
set youngish man (когда коренастый моложавый мужчина) with a plaid cap
(в клетчатой кепке) set askew (сидящей набекрень) above pale eyes (над
светлыми: «бледными» глазами) and a tough cheery face (и жестким
радостным лицом) came into the Grill (вошел в гриль /бар/) and to his
table (к его столу).
"All set, Mr. Spade (все готово, мистер Спейд). She's full of gas (она
полна бензина; gas = gasoline) and rearing to go (и встает на дыбы,
готовая ехать; to rear — поднимать, воздвигать)."
"Swell (прекрасно)." Spade emptied his cup (Спейд опустошил свою
чашку) and went out with the thick-set man (и вышел с коренастым
мужчиной). "Know where Ancho Avenue (знаете где-нибудь Анчо авеню),
or Road (или магистральную улицу), or Boulevard (или бульвар ), is in
Burlingame (это в Берлингеме)?"
baked [beIkt] potato [pq'teItqV] youngish ['jANgIS]
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He went to John's Grill, asked the waiter to hurry his order of chops,
baked potato, and sliced tomatoes, ate hurriedly, and was smoking a
cigarette with his coffee when a thick-set youngish man with a plaid cap
set askew above pale eyes and a tough cheery face came into the Grill
and to his table.
"All set, Mr. Spade. She's full of gas and rearing to go."
"Swell." Spade emptied his cup and went out with the thick-set man.
"Know' where Ancho Avenue, or Road, or Boulevard, is in
Burlingame?"
"Nope, hut if she's there we can find her (нет, но если она там, мы
сможем найти ее)."
"Let's do that (давайте сделаем это)," Spade said as he sat beside the
chauffeur (когда он сел рядом с водителем) in the dark Cadillac sedan (в
темный седан « кадиллак»). "Twenty-six is the number (двадцать шесть это
номер) we want (который нам нужен), and the sooner the better (и чем
скорее, тем лучше), but we don't want to pull up (но нам не надо
останавливаться) at the front door (у входной двери)."
"Correct (правильно)."
They rode half a dozen blocks in silence (они проехали полудюжину
кварталов в тишине). The chauffeur said (водитель сказал): "Your partner
got knocked off (вашего партнера прикончили: «был прикончен»), didn't
he, Mr. Spade (не так ли, мистер Спейд)?"
nope [nqVp] number ['nAmbq] correct [kq'rekt]
"Nope, hut if she's there we can find her."
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"Let's do that," Spade said as he sat beside the chauffeur in the dark
Cadillac sedan. "Twenty-six is the number we want, and the sooner the
better, but we don't want to pull up at the front door."
"Correct."
They rode half a dozen blocks in silence. The chauffeur said: "Your
partner got knocked off, didn't he, Mr. Spade?"
"Uh-huh (угу)."
The chauffeur clucked (водитель закудахтал). "She's a tough racket (это
тяжелая работенка; tough — жесткий, крепкий, надежный). You can have
it for mine (можете поверить мне на слово)."
"Well, hack-drivers don't live forever (ну, наемные водители не живут
вечно; hack — наемная лошадь; аемный экипаж; коляска)."
"Maybe that's right (может, это верно)," the thick-set man conceded
(признал крепкий мужчина), "but, just the same (но, тем не менее), it'll
always be a surprise to me (это будет для меня сюрпризом) if I don't (если
я не проживу)."
Spade stared ahead at nothing (Спейд смотрел вперед, ни на что /в
частности/) and thereafter (и после этого), until the chauffeur tired of
making conversation (пока водитель пытался поддерживать разговор),
replied with uninterested yeses and noes (отвечал незаинтересованными
«да» и «нет»).
racket ['rxkIt] concede [kqn'si:d] conversation ["kOnvq'seIS(q)n]
"Uh-huh."
The chauffeur clucked. "She's a tough racket. You can have it for
mine."
"Well, hack-drivers don't live forever."
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"Maybe that's right," the thick-set man conceded, "but, just the
same, it'll always be a surprise to me if I don't."
Spade stared ahead at nothing and thereafter, until the chauffeur
tired of making conversation, replied with uninterested yeses and noes.
At a drug-store in Burlingame (в аптеке в Бэрлингеме) the chauffeur
learned (водитель узнал) how to reach Ancho Avenue (как достичь Анчо-
авеню). Ten minutes later (спустя десять минут) he stopped the sedan (он
остановил седан) near a dark corner (недалеко от темного угла), turned off
the lights (выключил огни), and waved his hand (и махнул рукой) at the
block ahead (на квартал впереди). "There she is (она там)," he said. "She
ought to be on the other side (она должна быть на другой стороне), maybe
the third or fourth house (может быть, третий или четвертый дом)."
Spade said, "Right (хорошо)," and got out of the car (и вышел из
машины). "Keep the engine going (держите двигатель работающим). We
may have to leave in a hurry (нам может понадобиться убраться в
спешке)."
drugstore ['drAgstO:] engine ['endZIn] leave [li:v]
At a drug-store in Burlingame the chauffeur learned how to reach
Ancho Avenue. Ten minutes later he stopped the sedan near a dark
corner, turned off the lights, and waved his hand at the block ahead.
"There she is," he said. "She ought to be on the other side, maybe the
third or fourth house."
Spade said, "Right," and got out of the car. "Keep the engine going.
We may have to leave in a hurry."
He crossed the street (он пересек улицу) and went up the other side (и
пошел по другой стороне). Far ahead (далеко впереди) a lone street-light
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burned (горел одинокий уличный фонарь). Warmer lights (более теплые
огни) dotted the night (усеивали ночь точками) on either side (с обеих
сторон) where houses were spaced (где располагались дома /через
промежутки/) half a dozen to a block (с полдюжины на квартал). A high
thin moon (высокая тонкая луна) was cold and feeble (была холодной и
слабой) as the distant street-light (как далекий уличный свет). A radio
droned (радио бубнило) through the open window's of a house (через
открытое окно дома ) on the other side of the street (на другой стороне
улицы).
burned [bq:nd, bq:nt] block [blOk] radio ['reIdIqV]
He crossed the street and went up the other side. Far ahead a lone
street-light burned. Warmer lights dotted the night on either side where
houses were spaced half a dozen to a block. A high thin moon was cold
and feeble as the distant street-light. A radio droned through the open
window's of a house on the other side of the street.
In front of the second house (перед вторым домом) from the corner (от
угла) Spade halted (Спейд остановился). On one of the gateposts (на одном
из воротных столбов) that were massive out of all proportion (которые
были намного значительнее ; proportion — пропорция, правильное
соотношение, размеры) to the fence flanking them (ограды,
расположенной по бокам от них /столбов/) a 2 and a 6 of pale metal
(/цифры/ 2 и 6 из бледного металла) caught what light there was (ловили
/и отражали/ весь свет, который там был). A square white card
(квадратная белая карточка) was nailed over them (была прибита над
ними). Putting his face close to the card (приложив свое лицо близко к
карточке), Spade could see (Спейд смог видеть) that it was a For Sale (что
это был знак «Продается»; sale — продажа, торговля) or Rent sign (или
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«сдается»; rent — квартирная или арендная плата). There was no gate
between the posts (между столбами не было ворот). Spade went up the
cement walk (Спейд пошел вверх по цементной тропинке) to the house (к
дому). He stood still (он стоял неподвижно) on the walk (на тропинке) at
the foot of the porch-steps (у подножия ступенек крыльца) for a long
moment (достаточно долго; moment — момент, миг, минута). No sound
came from the house (никакого звука не доносилось из дома). The house
was dark (дом был темным) except for another pale square card (за
исключением другой бледной квадратной карточки) nailed on its door
(прибитой на его двери).
gate-post ['grItpqVst] massive ['mxsIv] porch [pO:tS]