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Grappling with Guns 1

Spade addressed Gutman: "I hope you're not letting yourself be influenced by the guns these pocket-edition desperadoes are waving."

Gutman opened his eyes. Cairo stopped whispering and stood erect behing the fat man's chair.

Spade said: "I've practiced taking them away from both of them, so there'll be no trouble there."

Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon

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