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| | Ned Beaumont |
 | | Unlike Hammett's other creations, Sam Spade, The Continental Op and or even Nick Charles, NED BEAUMONT is not a private eye. |
 | | He's tall, slim, with a mustache, and obsessed with personal honour, More than one wag has suggested that he was, in many ways, Hammett himself (a charge also often aimed at Nick Charles, in fact), and they're probably not completely off-base. |
 | | He may not be an eye, but Beaumont certainly shares more than a few tributes with Hammett's other heroes (and Hammett himself), including, most importantly, a sense of loyalty and honour. |
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