Once in his office, Marlowe receives the visit of Mr. A man with a straw hat is sitting behind the wheel. Leaving the house, Marlowe observes that a car is following him. Mrs Murdock can’t provide him more information, but Miss Merle Davis, Mrs Murdock’s secretary tells him that Miss Lois Magic used to come to visit Linda with a certain Mr. Before marrying her son, Linda shared an apartment with a girl named Lois Magic, they both worked at a place called the Idle Valley Club. She doesn’t want any publicity, and even less to involve the police. This is a delicate family matter and it must be handled with delicacy. She doesn’t intent to buy it she believes Marlow should know how to handle it. What Mrs Murdoch wants in the first place is to recover the coin and, secondly, an uncontested divorce for her son. About a week ago, Linda left without even saying goodbye. They were living in her house and she was paying for all their expenses. The lady he chose, or who chose him, Linda Conquest, was a nightclub singer. About a year ago her son, Leslie Murdock, got married without her consent. She has a ‘ damn fool of a son’, but she’s ‘ very fond of him’. Although the coin is insured, Mrs Murdock has not reported the loss yet. He claimed to be a coin dealer who wanted to know if the Murdock Brasher, as he called it, was for sale. She didn’t realise it was missing until yesterday, when a certain Elisha Morningstar called her. It’s said to be worth ten thousand dollars. She’s pretty much sure that her daughter-in-law took it away. She states that a Brasher Doubloon, a rare gold coin that was the pride of her late husband’s collection, has been stolen. Philip Marlow has an appointment with Mrs Elizabeth Bright Murdock at her home on Dresden Avenue in Pasadena.

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