Two weeks later, James Bond was sitting in the Casino at Royale- les-Eaux. It was three in the morning and the air was filled with cigarette smoke. Le Chiffre was still playing - and still winning. Bond watched him for some minutes. Then he collected his winnings from the cashier and left the Casino. He walked across the road and through the gardens of the Hotel Splendide.
The concierge gave him his key for room 45 and a cable. The cable was from Jamaica. It read:
-Kingston Jamaica
-Bond Splendide Royale-les-Eaux
-Havana cigar Cuban factories production
-The number you need is ten million
Earlier that afternoon, Bond had asked his headquarters in London for more money. The cable was a sort of code. It meant that his headquarters were sending him ten million francs.
Bond was pretending to be the son of a Jamaican millionaire. That enwas his "cover"
He wrote a reply to the cable: