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ABELARD AND HÉLOISE

It took almost exactly twenty-four hours from the moment Franks stopped
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speaking for the process to be completed. Bond, Rushia and Chi-Chi were first
shown into the operating room, where the two sleeping couriers were laid out

on tables, both covered only with hospital gowns. While neither Bond nor Chi-
Chi bore any facial resemblance to Peter Argentbright and Jenny Mo, there
were some physical similarities. Argentbright and Bond were roughly the same
height and build, while Jenny Mo, though a little taller than Chi-Chi, had the

same delicate bone structure and their hair was almost identical.
They were taken back into one of the other hospital rooms and the two
principals were handed over to the Scrivener, Brian Cogger, who began by
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taking their photographs, noting down identifying marks, hair and eye colour,

complexion and all the other bits and pieces required for official
documentation.
Leaving the Scrivener to get on with his work, they rejoined Ed Rushia and
settled down to a lengthy briefing with Bill Tanner, the Grand Inquisitor,

Franks, Bill Orr and M, plus two of their American counterparts. This took the
bulk of their time, starting with a digest of all known facts concerning Peter
Argentbright and Jenny Mo. The minutiae on Argentbright was comprehensive,
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for, as M put it, ‘He’s been on our books for some time now.’ The details
regarding Jenny Mo were more sketchy. ‘When I talked to you first, we were
under the impression that her papers consisted of good forgeries. I was wrong;
the details have been run through the magic machines, and the passport, social
security and other stuff appears to be genuine,’ Franks told them. ‘However, I’d

best let Mr Grant, here – our adviser from Langley – make some comments.’

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