The Long Good-bye (Philip Marlowe Series Book 6)

The P.P.O.’s counselor, who appeared to be in, at most, his mid- or late 30s, and wore spectacles, had a large forehead which was domed in such a way as to suggest deep thoughtfulness, an appearance which was, it increasingly emerged, misleading.

But as is so often the case with men who have made it like this, he was arrogant and self-righteous.

And on a night like that you can grow a beard waiting for a taxi.