" [Note: Later in the film, Brody claimed it was six to seven months earlier, not a year.] Marlowe is called in to break up a troublesome blackmail ring that threatens o apply further pressure, ostensibly forcing Sternwood to pay legally-uncollectible gambling debts.I bet he""s hung like a mammoth") and started making out, Jason""s corpse began to thaw in the Lab Two morgue.What orgasmic, carnal excess! Garlands are strung from above, as a writhing, slave girl dances in the center and rose petals fall from above.War, war, war.This war talk""s spoiling all the fun at every party this spring.I get so bored I could scream.Besides, there isn""t going to be any war...If either of you boys says ""war"" just once again, I""ll go in the house and slam he door.She states a variation on her trademark line for the first time when asked if she is attending the neighboring Wilkes-Twelve Oakes plantation""s barbecue the next day: "Why I hadn""t thought about that yet.Then about a week afterwards, I received a note.It told me what I had to do to get the letter back.An anonymous blackmailer had written her a letter (mailed from Brixton) that demanded money in exchange for her purloined letter: ("I was to draw £50 pounds from my bank in £5 pound notes and then change them for used £1 pound notes.