Reading Notes W13: The Maltese Falcon Part A

• "Spade's face became pale and hard. He spoke rapidly in a low furious voice: 'Think again and think fast. I told that punk of yours that you'd have to talk to me before you got through. I'll tell you now that you'll do your talking today or you are through. What are you wasting my time for? You and your lousy secret! Christ! I know exactly what the stuff is taht they keep in the subtreasury vaults, but what good does that do me? I can get along without you. God damn you! Maybe you could have got along without me if you'd kept clear of me. You can't now. Not in San Francisco. You'll come in or you'll get out--and you'll do it today'" (Dashiell Hammett, "The Maltese Falcon", 110).
• Shows passion for job.
• Does not like his time wasted.