Abstract
Marlowe most resembles the true knight. In The High Window he is even called a shop-soiled Galahad (Stories 1136), that is, a son of Lancelot. That he test[s] very high on insubordination and was in fact fired for that reason as a former investigator for the district attorney (10) suggests that Marlowe has repeatedly been asked to place his loyalty to superiors above his dedication to justice, and refused. He is, in short, looking for a liege lord worthy of a true knight like himself. While Marlowe's strict adherence to the rule of comitatus may prevent him from betraying Sternwood by sleeping with his daughters, it does not, in the long run, serve the cause of justice. For the General has ordered Marlowe not only to protect him and his family, but to protect and
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