:08:00
I handle all of
mr. Kingsby's affairs.
:08:03
He wishes to divorce her.
:08:04
She must be found
before she can be served with the papers.
:08:08
Nice job
you have here.
:08:10
You think i'm pretty
cold-blooded about this, don't you?
:08:13
I'd have used
a shorter word.
:08:15
I don't like
your manner.
:08:17
I'm not selling it.
:08:18
I'm not selling
the story either to you.
:08:19
I'm not
selling anything. I have an allergy
:08:21
against getting
mixed up with tricky females
:08:23
who want
to knock off the boss' wife
:08:25
and marry him
for themselves.
:08:27
People don't
talk to me like that.
:08:29
Maybe that's
what's the matter with you-
:08:30
somebody should
talk to you like that sometimes.
:08:35
I'm leaving for the day,
adrienne. Is there anything i can do?
:08:39
Come in, derrie.
I'd like you to meet phillip marlowe.
:08:42
Mr. Marlowe and i
have been having a little talk
:08:45
about a story
he sent in.
:08:47
This is mr. Derrace kingsby,
president of our company.
:08:50
Marlowe: Hi.
:08:50
It's always nice
to see one of our writers.
:08:52
Up to this point, derrie,
mr. Marlowe isn't one of our writers.
:08:56
He has just violently
and indignantly
:08:58
turned down an offer
of $200 for his story.
:09:01
But the boys
are writing these days
:09:03
for a penny
a word, and $200-
:09:04
ah, but this
isn't the ordinary blood-and-thunder yarn.
:09:07
This has part
of mr. Marlowe's soul in it.
:09:10
I would say
it was worth $500 as souls go these days.
:09:14
Well, if you say so.
It's up to you.
:09:17
Thank you, derrie.
:09:18
I congratulate you,
mr. Marlowe,
:09:20
a writer who is also
a businessman.
:09:22
And a very well-known
private detective.
:09:26
Detective?
:09:26
Mm-hmm. That's
what makes his stuff so authentic,
:09:29
so full of life
and vigor and heart,
:09:31
so full of, uh...
what would you say it was full of, mr. Marlowe?
:09:36
Marlowe: Short sentences.
:09:40
I see.
:09:42
Is there anything
you want to take up with me before i go?
:09:46
I don't
believe so, derrie.
:09:47
Then i'll say
good night, darling.
:09:50
Good night.
:09:53
Mr. Marlowe,
i'm glad to have met you.