- At the office, Spade has a message from Mr. Gutman.
- Brigid is waiting by Spade's desk to tell him that her apartment was ransacked.
- She blames Spade for letting the boy follow him.
- Spade needs to find a place for her to live temporarily, and he asks Effie to put her up for a few days. The secretary agrees, and the two women slip out the back door.
- Suddenly, Spade has another visitor. This office has a revolving door.
- It's Archer's widow. She confesses that she sent the police to his place after seeing him with Brigid. She was mad with jealousy.
- Spade asks her where she was the night Archer was killed. She says she was home, even though Spade knows that's a lie.
- He sends her away and leaves to meet with Mr. Gutman.