The plot, ending with the Queen""s abdication from her kingdom and self-imposed exile and withdrawal (for the ill-fated love of a Spanish nobleman-envoy), in order to follow her heart to Spain (to return her slain lover o his homeland), prophetically echoed the same sort of conflict hat Garbo struggled with in her private life.I seem to exist largely on heat, like a newborn spider.The orchids are an excuse for the heat.Do you like orchids?Marlowe: Not particularly.Sternwood: Nasty things! Their flesh is too much like the flesh of men, and their perfume has the rotten sweetness of corruption." Riggs requested that Phelps be brought down to Interrogation for questioning.At the same time, Jack Travis entered the LAPD building, presented his ID, and asked to speak to Billy Phelps..."Unlike many of their other features, there are no romantic subplots (with Zeppo) and no musical interludes that stop the film""s momentum - no harp solos for Harpo and no piano solos for Chico.That is the destiny of all kingdoms." He responded: "Then we""ll make our own destiny." They kissed, accompanied by applause and cheers of the crowd, as they walked back through the city""s main entrance.