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The Maltese Falcon Scene 4 Summary

  • Spade meets Ms. Wonderly in apartment 1001.
  • She has "a terrible confession to make."
  • Everything she told him was a lie.
  • Her name is really Brigid O'Shaughnessy.
  • She met Floyd Thursby in the Orient, but he betrayed her.
  • She won't say how he betrayed her, but she believes Thursby killed Archer.
  • Brigid believes she is in mortal danger.
  • Spade takes the rest of Brigid's money—$500.
  • When she goes to get it, he looks at the inside of her hat and sees it was made in Hong Kong, so that part of her story checks out.
  • He says he'll go hunting for information.