Chapters 6-7 Summary

In Chapter 6, Marlowe drives back to his office and sees the familiar tan car belonging to the man in the bold hat parked nearby. He looks for a registration slip and writes down the license number of the car. He heads toward his appointment with Elisha Morningstar and sees the car is following him again. He stops at a hotel, goes into the lobby and takes a seat. Soon the man in the hat also comes in, looks around, then takes a seat nearby. Marlowe goes over and sits next to him. The man is embarrassed that he has been so obvious. He is also a private detective, he tells Marlowe, named George Anson Phillips, giving him his card. He is working on a case himself, he says, one that he is suspicious about. He was following Leslie Murdock when he...