Raymond Chandler: "Ketika saya pergi, Merle mengenakan celemek bungalo...

"Ketika saya pergi, Merle mengenakan celemek bungalo dan kulit pai gulung. Dia datang ke pintu menyeka tangannya di celemek dan menciumku di mulut dan mulai menangis dan berlari kembali ke rumah, meninggalkan pintu kosong [...] Aku punya perasaan lucu ketika aku melihat rumah itu menghilang, ketika meskipun saya telah menulis puisi dan itu sangat bagus dan saya telah kehilangan itu dan tidak akan pernah mengingatnya lagi. (hal. 262)"

--- Raymond Chandler

Versi Bahasa Inggris

When I left Merle was wearing a bungalow apron and rolling pie crust. She came to the door wiping her hands on the apron and kissed me on the mouth and began to cry and ran back into the house, leaving the doorway empty [...] I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very good and I had lost it and would never remember it again. (p. 262)