Where beasts feared to tread, he made it his home; Where the scorching sun could not reach, he shined in the cold bloodedness. Where the police never managed to catch him, he always killed them. WHERE- is the Jungle, and HE- is the king. In his reign, he killed animals, massacred policemen, slaughtered informers, and then one day, he took someone's love.
The prominently displayed book which Doree inscribes to Bob is Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon", the film version of which Warner Bros. would release the following month, also starring Bebe Daniels.