How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Me, I was part of the nastiness now. Far more a part of it than Rusty Regan was. But the old man didn't have to be. He could lie quiet in his canopied bed, with his bloodless hands folded on the sheet, waiting. (32.77)
At the end of the novel, Marlowe realizes that despite his efforts to remain morally pure, he's down there in the muck and the mire with the rest of these blobs. But is it really that simple?