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Wednesday 15 May 2019

Dusky and Quiet


         The bar entrance was to the left. It was dusky and quiet and a bartender moved mothlike against the faint glitter of piled glassware. A tall handsome blonde in a dress that looked like seawater sifted over with gold dust came out of the ladies room .......

Raymond Chandler
The Long Goodbye
1953

           https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/raymond-chandler-gritty-enchanter/

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