Bond 03 - Moonraker
“TAKE IT FROM HERE A FEW minutes later Bond was walking through the familiar door and the green light had gone on over the entrance.
M. looked sharply at him. ‘You look pretty dreadful, 007,’ he said. ‘Sit down.’ It’s business, thought Bond, his pulse quickening. No Christian names today. He sat down. M. was studying some pencilled notes on a scratch-pad. He looked up. His eyes were no longer interested in Bond.
‘Trouble down at Drax’s plant last night,’ he said. ‘Double killing. Police tried to... get hold of Drax. Didn’t think of Blades apparently. Caught up with him when he got back to the Ritz about half-past one this morning. Two men from the Moonraker got shot in a public house near the plant. Both dead. Drax told the police he couldn’t care less and then hung up. Typical of the man. He’s down there now. Taking the thing a bit more seriously, I gather.’ ‘Curious coincidence,’ said Bond thoughtfully. ‘But where do we come in, sir? Isn’t it a police job?’ ‘Partly,’ said M., ‘but it happens that we’re responsible for a lot of the key personnel down there.MoreLess
M. looked sharply at him. ‘You look pretty dreadful, 007,’ he said. ‘Sit down.’ It’s business, thought Bond, his pulse quickening. No Christian names today. He sat down. M. was studying some pencilled notes on a scratch-pad. He looked up. His eyes were no longer interested in Bond.
‘Trouble down at Drax’s plant last night,’ he said. ‘Double killing. Police tried to... get hold of Drax. Didn’t think of Blades apparently. Caught up with him when he got back to the Ritz about half-past one this morning. Two men from the Moonraker got shot in a public house near the plant. Both dead. Drax told the police he couldn’t care less and then hung up. Typical of the man. He’s down there now. Taking the thing a bit more seriously, I gather.’ ‘Curious coincidence,’ said Bond thoughtfully. ‘But where do we come in, sir? Isn’t it a police job?’ ‘Partly,’ said M., ‘but it happens that we’re responsible for a lot of the key personnel down there.MoreLess
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