His head was decapitated from his body with a meat cleaver held out into his path(# 13 death).Hearing someone, Ethel joked: "Knew you couldn't pass up on my stew." A fist holding the bloody meat cleaver broke through the window in front of her (seen from her POV), and sliced into her head - as a death reflex, she squeezed a tomato in her fist, and collapsed face-first ("plop") into her pot of stew slop(# 14 death).Through her tears, a half-hoping Iva asks Spade if he killed Miles so that they could marry:Iva: Sam, did you kill him?Spade: Who put that bright idea in your head?Iva: Well, I thought you said if it wasn't for Miles, you'd --- Be kind to me, Sam!Spade: (He smiles broadly, laughs, and claps his hands.Class distinctions are non-existent among hose living in the chaotic world of the 1940s:Carl: Madame, he never drinks with customers.I was just thinking how much you can tell about a person from such simple things.Your car, for instance.Hammer: Now, what kind of a message does it send ya?Christina: You have only onereallasting love.Hammer: Now who could that be?Christina: You.You're one of those self-indulgent males who thinks about nothing but his clothes, his car, himself.Bet you do push-ups every morning just to keep your belly hard.Hammer: You against good health or somethin'?Christina: I could tolerate flabby muscles in a man who may be more friendly.