The Big Sleep Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
Author:Raymond Chandler [Chandler, Raymond]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9780679601401
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Goodreads: 13535596
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 1939-01-01T05:00:00+00:00
SIX
Nulty didnât seem to have moved. He sat in his chair in the same attitude of sour patience. But there were two more cigar stubs in his ashtray and the floor was a little thicker in burnt matches.
I sat down at the vacant desk and Nulty turned over a photo that was lying face down on his desk and handed it to me. It was a police mug, front and profile, with a fingerprint classification underneath. It was Malloy all right, taken in a strong light, and looking as if he had no more eyebrows than a French roll.
âThatâs the boy.â I passed it back.
âWe got a wire from Oregon State pen on him,â Nulty said. âAll time served except his copper. Things look better. We got him cornered. A prowl car was talking to a conductor the end of the Seventh Street line. The conductor mentioned a guy that size, looking like that. He got off Third and Alexandria. What heâll do is break into some big house where the folks are away. Lots of âem there, old-fashioned places too far downtown now and hard to rent. Heâll break in one and we got him bottled. What you been doing?â
âWas he wearing a fancy hat and white golf balls on his jacket?â
Nulty frowned and twisted his hands on his kneecaps. âNo, a blue suit. Maybe brown.â
âSure it wasnât a sarong?â
âHuh? Oh yeah, funny. Remind me to laugh on my day off.â
I said: âThat wasnât the Moose. He wouldnât ride a street car. He had money. Look at the clothes he was wearing. He couldnât wear stock sizes. They must have been made to order.â
âOkey, ride me,â Nulty scowled. âWhat you been doing?â
âWhat you ought to have done. This place called Florianâs was under the same name when it was a white night trap. I talked to a Negro hotelman who knows the neighborhood. The sign was expensive so the shines just went on using it when they took over. The manâs name was Mike Florian. Heâs dead some years, but his widow is still around. She lives at 1644 West 54th Place. Her name is Jessie Florian. Sheâs not in the phone book, but she is in the city directory.â
âWell, what do I doâdate her up?â Nulty asked.
âI did it for you. I took in a pint of bourbon with me. Sheâs a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud and if she has washed her hair since Coolidgeâs second term, Iâll eat my spare tire, rim and all.â
âSkip the wisecracks,â Nulty said.
âI asked Mrs. Florian about Velma. You remember, Mr. Nulty, the redhead named Velma that Moose Malloy was looking for? Iâm not tiring you, am I, Mr. Nulty?â
âWhat you sore about?â
âYou wouldnât understand. Mrs. Florian said she didnât remember Velma. Her home is very shabby except for a new radio, worth seventy or eighty dollars.â
âYou ainât told me why thatâs something I should start screaming about.â
âMrs. FlorianâJessie to meâsaid her husband left her
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