That's the part of it I always liked. He adjusted himself to beams falling, and then no more of them fell, and he adjusted himself to them not falling.
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Original Citation
Hammett, Dashiell. "The Maltese Falcon." Black Mask, Sept. 1929 - Jan. 1930. Serial.
Current Citation
Hammett, Dashiell. "The Maltese Falcon." The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest. Everyman's Library, 2000, ch. 7.