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A TRIP TO THE BANK

After the hour of feigned work on the Black Magic material, Bond pulled one
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of his spare sheets of paper towards him and wrote—

Don’t worry, my dear. Stick around and you’ll see some fireworks. I’ve been living by my wits on
this one so far. Usually something unpleasant happens and I think we’ve almost reached that point.
Don’t despair, as a rule I live to fight another day, and it would not be the first time that I’ve saved
a lady in distress. Love J.

Chi-Chi smiled, took the paper and wrote—

If you save this fair lady, your reward would be pleasing to both of us. Love xxx

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Her face lit up with what Bond would categorise as devilment. He carefully
folded the paper, adding to it the other scraps on which they had jotted notes to
each other, then placed them in the inside pocket of his jacket. Chi-Chi pressed
nine on the telephone. A voice she thought was Ding’s answered, and she asked

for Mr Lee.
‘You are satisfied, then?’ Brokenclaw appeared in the doorway a few
seconds later. The man had the unnerving knack of arriving soundlessly in a
room.

Bond gave him a happy smile.
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could wait for old One-Eye H’ang, but I know the analysts at Beijing Hsia are
waiting to get their hands on this. It’s better than we could ever have hoped for.
You are to be congratulated, sir.’

Lee beamed. ‘All seems to be working towards a conclusion that will
please everybody, and after One-Eye arrives tomorrow, we will, with his help,

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