The big sleep

Gen. Sternwood: They are alike only having the same
corrupt blood. Vivian is spoiled, exacting, smart,
ruthless. Carmen is still a little child who likes to
pull the wings off the flies. I assume they have all the
usual vices, besides those they've invented for themselves.
If I seem a bit sinister as a parent, Mr. Marlowe, it's
because my whole darn life is too slight to include any
victorian hypocrisy. I need hardly add that any man who
lives as I've had and who indulges for the first time in
parenthood ay my age deserves all he gets. Well?