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The Iron Coffin

Adventures of Philip Marlowe · July 12, 1950 · 29 min · 4,230 words

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Dear sir, Colin, I wouldn't touch your proposition with someone else's ten foot hole, period. Further more. Hello. Would you connect me with Mr. Marlow please? Philip Marlow, the private investigator. This is Philip Marlow. Oh, I'm so glad I caught you.

Mr. Marlowe, you've been very highly recommended to me by a very dear friend and I want to employ your services for a case. All right, who are you? I'm Catherine Newball. It's about my daughter Irene, or more exactly about her fiance.

I want you to find him for me. He's 26th, dark complexion, about 5 feet 10 and take the time. We're just committing it, Mrs. Newball. It's a little early for descriptions. What's nature of his disappearance?

Mr. Marlowe. Yeah. I'm afraid I just can't explain over the phone I'm at the boys place no would you come over here it's 4 2 2 0 and a half bronze 42 20 and a half you see Bennett is lost and Irene's gone to help him and she may get lost too well how do

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