after Bond left the bar, he walked towards his hotel. The day was beautiful and the sun was very hot. As he walked, Bond noticed two men on the opposite side of the road. They were standing quietly under a tree, about a hundred metres away. There was something strange about the two men. They were both small, and they both wore dark suits. Each man had a square camera case. One case was red, the other case was blue. When Bond was fifty metres away, Red-man looked at Blue-man. Then Blue-man did something with his case. Bond could not see what he was doing because there was a tree in front of him Suddenly, there was a flash of white light and an explosion.
The explosion threw Bond down onto the pavement. Then pieces of began of clothes to fall around him. The clothes were covered in blood. Black smoke filled the sky. There was nothing left of the two men in dark suits
When Mathis got to Bond, he was leaning against the tree that had saved his life.
Ambulances and fire engines began to arrive. Mathis helped Bond back to the Hotel Splendide. In Bond's room, Mathis asked questions while Bond took off his blood-spotted clothes. When Bond told him about the two men, Mathis picked up the telephone. '.....tell the police that Bond's not hurt,' Mathis said quickly to the person on the other end of the telephone line I'll explain everything to them. Tell the newspapers that it was a fight between two Bulgarians. One killed the other with a bomb. There was probably a third Bulgarian watching. Say nothing about him. He'll try to get away. The police must catch him.'
Mathis put down the phone and turned to Bond. "You were lucky," he said. "They wanted that bomb to kill you. But something went wrong." He smiled at Bond Get a drink and some lunch, then have a rest.
Several hours later, Bond was drinking a whisky when the telephone rang.
"This is Mademoiselle Lynd, said the voice, quietly. "Are you all right?' "Yes, thank you," replied Bond. "Good," she said. "Please take care of yourself.