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Wouter Bakhoven
is on page 108 of 256
“He was a grey man, all grey, except for his polished black shoes and two scarlet diamonds in his grey satin tie that looked like the diamonds on roulette layouts. His shirt was grey and his double-breasted suit of soft, beautifully-cut flannel. Seeing Carmen he took a grey hat off and his hair underneath it was grey and as fine as if it had been sifted through gauze.”
— Aug 20, 2023 07:12PM
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Wouter Bakhoven
is on page 251 of 256
“What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty slump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that. Oil and water were the same as wind an air to you. You just slept the big sleep, not caring about the nastiness of how you died or where you fell.”
— Aug 26, 2023 07:25AM
Wouter Bakhoven
is on page 147 of 256
“‘I don’t like it,’ I said. ‘But what the hell am I to do? I’m on a case. I’m selling what I have to sell to make a living. What little guts and intelligence the Lord gave me and a willingness to get pushed around in order to protect a client. It’s against my principles to tell as much as I’ve told to-night, without consulting the General.’”
— Aug 22, 2023 05:26PM
Wouter Bakhoven
is on page 55 of 256
“I was wearing my powder-blue suit, with dark blue shirt, tie and display handkerchief, black brogues, black wool socks with dark blue clocks on them. I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn’t care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.”
— Aug 18, 2023 06:27PM
