The Collected Dashiell Hammett

Dear Maggie:

I LOVE YOU!

What is love? It is all in all, said Rossetti; it is the salt of life, said Sheffield; it is more than riches, said Lucas; it is like the measles, said Jerome. Send for leaflet telling what these and other great men of all times have said about love! It is FREE!

WILL YOU MARRY ME?

Will you be the grandmother of my grandchildren? Or will you, as thousands of others have done, put it off until too late — until you are doomed to the penalty of a lonely old age? Do not delay. Grandchildren are permanent investments in companionship!

But simply to marry is not enough! You must ask yourself to whom? Shall you marry a man just because you like his eyes, or his dancing? Or will you insist on the best? IT COSTS NO MORE!

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“In the four years we roomed together he never once left a ring in the bathtub.” — Paul G—.

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Yours for prompt action,

FRANK.