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large room from which he had emerged. It was like time travel, walking from

the seventeenth century of the hall into a room of the present – tall, light and
airy, decorated in light blues and creams, furnished with a stylish, almost
Scandinavian touch.
‘Peter, I’m so glad to see you and Jenny, but your arrival has
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a slightly unpleasant domestic problem. It would appear we have been
harbouring some kind of spy in our midst. Ding, would you take her away and
we’ll deal with the matter in due course? I’m sure our guests will understand.’
He turned towards Bond and Chi-Chi, his eyes dancing and his face composed,

but as imposing a figure as ever. This one, Bond thought, would be very
difficult to deceive. Then he looked across the room and froze.
At the far end, between two sets of heavy cream velvet drapes and below a
large watercolour showing a lake and mountains in a gauzy mist, stood a large
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wood and metal chair on which a figure was slumped, the arms and feet
shackled to the solid arms and legs of the chair.
‘Take the wretched girl now, Ding.’
With a moan, the girl in the chair raised her head. Her face was covered

with bruises. There was blood around her mouth and one eye had been closed.
It was Wanda Man Song Hing, whom Bond had last seen in M’s cabin on the
carrier.

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