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about this all being a put-on to make them look foolish. The cops reluctantly left, obviously not falling for Spade’s explanation. Early the next morning, Spade received a visit from a Mr. Gutman. He explained that he had hired Thursby and Brigid to uptain the Falcon from Constantinople and bring it to him. They got greedy and decided to keep it for themselves. Spade demanded some information on whats so special about this Falcon. Gutman refused and Spade left. Later, the punk, Wilber, who was employed by Gutman came to get Spade and bring him back. Gutman agreed to let him in on the information. After the story, Spade passed out form a drug that Gutman had put in his drink and was left with a kick in the face. Spade went to look for Brigid, but she was missing. He had found a

clue of a boat docking that day and suspected she would be there. When he got there the crew said they, The captain, Brigid, Cairo, Gutman, and Wilber, had left together. Later, as Detective Spade related these fact, to Effie, a huge man barged into his office, held a package out to Sam, and keeled over, dead. Sam opened the package. The Maltese Falcon was inside. He guessed that the dead man was the captain. He quickly hid the statue away. That night as Spade went to his apartment, Brigid was there by the door to meet him. Inside waited Gutman, Cairo and the Wilber. They demanded the falcon. Spade claimed that they would have to wait until morning before he could get to the bird and that the ever more valuable item would now cost them ten thousand dollars. As the night wore on,

Spade suggested that Gutman turn over Wilber to the cops. Gutman hesitated at first, but Spade warned he would not turn over the falcon unless they could produce a “fall guy.” Gutman finally consented to make Wilber the fall guy , and before the Wilber could retaliate, Sam took his guns him and knocked him cold. Morning came, and Spade, after a brief absence, finally brought out the prized falcon, collecting from Gutman ten one-thousand dollar bills. To make sure the falcon was genuine, Gutman scratched away some of the enamel; it proved to be a lead fake. Gutman hurriedly reclaimed the money he had brought and, followed by the other men, ran out of the apartment. Spade called the cops to tell them to arrest the three men. Spade then turned to Brigid and told her he was going

to turn her in for the murder of Archer. Brigid tried to deny, then confessed, but tried to plead with Spade to change his mind. Spade would not go against his morals and refused. He had finally nabbed his partners killer. In Chapter seven, Spade took Brigid to his apartment to wait for Mr. Cairo. While waiting, Spade decided to tell Brigid a story of a case he did some time back. It was about a man who was almost killed by a falling beam form a building. He decided from that that he did not like the direction his life was going. He was a wealthy man with a family and he felt that he could leave everything right then, and his family would be well provided for with his current wealth, so he left. He traveled around for a while before he settled in a suburb and ended up marrying

again and having a child. His First wife was the one who hired Spade because someone told her that they saw her husband, after he was one for a couple of years. Spade found him and learned the story. Brigid wasn t even listening. I feel this story is referring to the way the characters are. That they are what they are and they won t change. The man left to live his life in a different direction and ended up living a similar one. I think that Spade is referring that Brigid is a liar and a sneek and she will never change and that she is not trust worthy. No matter what she says and what she wants.