Juri Nummelin wrote:
I'm pretty much with William here: Sam Spade doesn't really
fall in love with the broad. Maybe the film gives a wrong
impression about the whole case.
*********** My reading is that he does fall for her. The
whole point of his long dialogue at the end was to explain
that he refused to be ruled by his emotions and let a snake
like her go. A major theme of the book is that Spade survives
in a wicked world by not succumbing to sentiment. Succumbing
to impulse and emotion invites doom.
If you have the time, Juri, reread just the last 12 pages of
the book and see what you think afterwards.
miker
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