Parker was impersonal, not cruel. He never did anything without a reason, and there was no reason to taunt Stubbs, so the flashlight was really his. Parker didn't feel sorry for him because he didn't feel anything for him at all, with the possible exception of irritation.

Stubbs realizes Parker gave him the flashlight not out of pity, but because there was no reason not to.

— Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark: Parker #2 - The Man with the Getaway Face (1963)


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