- Mr. Gutman is in room 12C.
- The young boy answers the door, and Gutman shakes hands with Spade.
- He's a very fat man—he lives up to his name.
- Gutman and Spade have a drink and sit near the fireplace.
- Spade wants to get right to the point and talk about the black bird.
- Gutman says he's the only man who knows exactly what the bird is, but he won't tell Spade what it is, unless Spade tells him where it is.
- Spade flips out, throws a glass, and storms out of the room.
- But in the hallway he grins. Maybe it was all an act.
- As he gets into one elevator, Cairo gets out of another on the same floor.