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I've made many changes to the page today. I'm done editing for the night but as I review I think I may have been too PC using "Ms" as opposed to "Miss". I think it might be more appropriate to use the language of the novel and the times. [[User:Mdebellis|Mdebellis]] ([[User talk:Mdebellis|talk]]) 02:32, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
I've made many changes to the page today. I'm done editing for the night but as I review I think I may have been too PC using "Ms" as opposed to "Miss". I think it might be more appropriate to use the language of the novel and the times. [[User:Mdebellis|Mdebellis]] ([[User talk:Mdebellis|talk]]) 02:32, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

== Did you really get the plot right? ==

First, you have left out what in my view is the highlight of the story -- that Orfamay told Steelgrave where he could find her brother and received US-$ 1,000 in return. But perhaps you did this in order to leave something new for readers to discover?

But I also think you messed up the end concerning Dolores Gonzales. The point of the story here is that it was her, not Steelgrave, who killed Quest (she overheard Orfamay when she told Steelgrave). (Obviously it was also her who killed Stein, a character omitted from your rendering of the plot, which is ok as it would have made the story overly complicated.) Ok, it comes a little bit as a surprise when she states that she did so because HE was the man she had loved but lost to another women, but there is no other way the story can be read.
[[Special:Contributions/80.137.122.150|80.137.122.150]] ([[User talk:80.137.122.150|talk]]) 17:09, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:31, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plot

Before my edit the plot section was incomplete. It essentially described the opening of the novel and then had just a few sentences that abstracted the rest of the plot. I've fleshed it out a lot (perhaps a bit too much not sure). I've also provided references for an anecdote about Billy Wilder and moved that anecdote from the plot section to a background section which I also added. One thing to do is I don't currently have a copy of the book at hand. I'm going from memory but I've read the book several times and just re-read it a short time ago. The only thing is I can't remember the names of the doctor or the gangster so I've left them out for now but will add them as soon as I can get a copy of the book. Mdebellis (talk) 17:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

change Ms. to Miss?

I've made many changes to the page today. I'm done editing for the night but as I review I think I may have been too PC using "Ms" as opposed to "Miss". I think it might be more appropriate to use the language of the novel and the times. Mdebellis (talk) 02:32, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Did you really get the plot right?

First, you have left out what in my view is the highlight of the story -- that Orfamay told Steelgrave where he could find her brother and received US-$ 1,000 in return. But perhaps you did this in order to leave something new for readers to discover?

But I also think you messed up the end concerning Dolores Gonzales. The point of the story here is that it was her, not Steelgrave, who killed Quest (she overheard Orfamay when she told Steelgrave). (Obviously it was also her who killed Stein, a character omitted from your rendering of the plot, which is ok as it would have made the story overly complicated.) Ok, it comes a little bit as a surprise when she states that she did so because HE was the man she had loved but lost to another women, but there is no other way the story can be read. 80.137.122.150 (talk) 17:09, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]