"Tobie: Four months in Sausalito is a long time.I am not gonna get back on that same old merry-go-round again...I need a couple of more days to try and figure out where I""m at.Dave: Okay.You get your bearings, and then you""ll give me a call, all right?They would slowly begin to work out and rekindle their love.Old fashioned-looking police, horse-drawn wagons, uniformed bands and military figures march in the day""s parade.Warren""s ear is bandaged and his arm is extended, as he makes charges against his "crazy" wife: "I been complainin"" ever since the day I got married to her so go ahead and file it.He notices her legs after she descends the stairs.Capriciously, she tells him:Carmen: You""re not very tall, are you?Marlowe: Well, I, uh, I try to be.Carmen: Not bad looking.Oh you probably know it.(while twirling and biting a lock of her hair)Marlowe: Thank you.Carmen: What""s your name?Marlowe: Reilly.Doghouse Reilly.Carmen: That""s a funny kind of name.Marlowe: You think so.Carmen: Uh, uh.What are you? A prizefighter?Marlowe: No, I""m a shamus.Carmen: What""s a shamus?Marlowe: It""s a private detective.Carmen: You""re making fun of me.Marlowe: Uh, uh.Carmen (she leans back and falls into his arms, throwing herself at him): You""re cute.Marlowe tells the butler Norris (Charles Brown): "You ought to wean her, she""s old enough." In the humid, hot greenhouse filled with orchids, Sternwood is introduced to Marlowe.[Carmen could accurately be described as a ""hothouse orchid"" herself.] He permits Marlowe to drink and smoke:Sternwood: How do you like your brandy, sir?Marlowe: In a glass.