Raymond Chandler "The Little Sister" pllot question (spoilery)
April 27, 2014 9:58 PM Subscribe
Raymond Chandler's novels are well known for certain details that show up that are difficult to resolve (see below).
(SPOILER) At what point in "The Little Sister" does Marlow realize that Mavis Weld is part of the Quest family? I just finished reading it for the n-th time, and I always know this is a plot point coming up, but what do I keep missing?
(SPOILER) At what point in "The Little Sister" does Marlow realize that Mavis Weld is part of the Quest family? I just finished reading it for the n-th time, and I always know this is a plot point coming up, but what do I keep missing?
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He knows by the time he has this exchange with Orfamay (Ch.15, on p111 of my edition): So it has to happen some time before then, and some time after he first meets her (in disguise, in the hotel room where the man with the toupee is killed). Does he know by the time he meets her at her apartment? I think he suspects by then, and the visit confirms it. This is from Ch.12: Could the "one reason" be that he's already kissed her sister? That would fit his character, even if he does go on to make a different excuse about her being his client.
Maybe...
posted by ZipRibbons at 1:15 AM on April 28, 2014 [1 favorite]