“I’ve thrown myself on your mercy, told you that without your help I’m utterly lost.What else is there?”

— Dashiell Hammett, book The Maltese Falcon

She suddenly moved close to him on the settee and cried angrily: "Can I buy you with my body?"
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The Maltese Falcon (1930)

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American writer 1894–1961

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