The muzzle of the Luger looked like the mouth of the Second Street tunnel, but I didn't move. Not being bullet proof is an idea I had had to get used to.

A Luger is pointed at Marlowe's chest while armed men pound at the door behind him.

— Philip Marlowe in Philip Marlowe #1 - The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler, 1939)


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