Mathis and the Microphone
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 was his "cover" He wrote a reply to the cable: THANKS. INFORMATION SHOULD BE ENOUGH BOND Bond gave the reply to the concierge and said goodnight. Then he walked upstairs to the door of his room. He took out a gun from under his jacket. Then he opened the door quickly and switched on the light. There was nobody in the room but Bond did not feel stupid. He had to be very careful in his job