Now leave me alone and don""t call me again ever." Dejected, Jerry is joined at his cafe table by Milo, who explains she has already been hard at work early that morning to support his art work with dealers and galleries.The main ballerina dancer was Irina Boronskaja (Ludmilla Tchérina), and the company""s orchestral conductor was Livingstone ""Livy"" Montague (Esmond Knight).[Note: This was Hammett""s fifth and final novel, written following the hard-boiled noirsThe Maltese FalconandThe Glass Key.The young wanderer explains to the driver of the car (soon identified as Kyle Sackett, he local district attorney) why he keeps "looking for new places, new people, new ideas," and can""t settle down:Frank: Well, I""ve never liked any job I""ve ever had.] In a comical case of mistaken identities, Walter greets an elderly gentleman in the waiting area ("I can see right away my wife picked out the right husband for herself").