Learn English through story ★ Goldfinger By Ian Fleming

chapter one a meeting in miami james bond british secret intelligence agent number 007 was sitting in the international transit lounge at miami airport he was drinking bourbon whiskey bond had arrived in miami earlier that day after completing a dangerous mission in mexico now it was evening and he was waiting to catch the next plane to new york suddenly an announcement came from the airport's loudspeaker system transamerica airlines regrets to announce that there is a delay on flight tr-618 to new york this is because there is a technical problem on the aircraft the new departure time will be at 8 00 am please will all passengers for flight tr-618 go to the transamerica ticket counter arrangements will be made for them to stay in a hotel tonight thank you bond finished his whiskey what should he do should he try and get a seat on another flight or should he stay the night in miami he looked out of the window it was getting late beneath the dark purple evening sky tiny lights were sparkling on the airport's runways bond heard footsteps approaching they stopped at his side he glanced up and saw a well-dressed middle-aged man who looked a little embarrassed excuse me but are you mr bond mr james bond yes well i'm surprised to meet you here the man held out his hand and bond stood up slowly and shook it my name is junius dupont said the middle-aged man smiling you probably don't remember me but we've met before may i sit down bond looked more closely at mr dupont the man was about 50 years old with a smooth pink face he was dressed in an expensive suit the kind of suit that american millionaires wear yes bond had met him before but where and when we met in france in 1951 in the casino at royale laisseaux said mr dupont you were playing in an important game of cards my wife and i were sitting next to you of course bond had been playing cards against a famous french gambler and he'd beaten him and won a huge amount of money yes of course i remember he said smiling i'm pleased that we've met here by chance we must have a drink together said mr dupont what will you have bourbon with ice please mr dupont called a waitress and order drinks i was sure that i recognized you he continued i was flying on the transamerica flight to new york tonight too when they announced the delay i saw the look of disappointment on your face i went to the ticket counter and checked the names on the passenger list and there was your name james bond the waitress brought the drinks suddenly mr dupont lent forward in his seat and looked around the room although the tables near them were empty he talked quietly so that only bond could hear mr bond after that card game i heard some things about you i heard that you weren't only an excellent card player but that you were also a kind of uh private investigator uh a secret agent bond looked at mr dupont and spoke carefully well i did a little of that kind of work after the war he said his cool grey blue eyes did not show his feelings but now i work for a company called universal export universal export was not a real company but bond couldn't tell people the truth so he pretended that he was employed by universal in fact he worked for the british government he was a member of the british secret intelligence service james bond was one of the best secret agents in the sis only the very best agents had work names which began with double o a secret agent whose work name began with two zeros was always sent on the most difficult and dangerous missions and sometimes he was ordered to kill enemies of his country he also had permission to kill people who attacked him james bond agent double07 had a license to kill bond glanced at his watch mr dupont looked quickly at his own watch too seven o'clock already he said listen mr bond i have a problem and i'd like your advice i own a hotel here in miami and i'd like to invite you to stay there tonight you can have the best suite in the hotel what do you say bond didn't have anything to do in miami until he caught a plane to new york what kind of rich man's problem does mr dupont have he asked himself does he have trouble with women or gangsters or is he being blackmailed whatever it is it might be interesting so bond decided to accept the invitation all right mr dupont i'll stay in your hotel and i'll help you he said thank you mr bond but first let's go and have dinner do you like crabs very much said bond well i'll take you to a restaurant called bills on the beach which has wonderful crabs i often eat there the two men went downstairs to the front of the airport mr dupont's car a shiny chrysler imperial was waiting outside immediately his driver ran forward and opened the doors bond stepped inside the luxurious car bills on the beach was a very expensive restaurant and it was clear that mr dupont was a regular customer the manager immediately welcomed mr dupont and took him and bond to a table which was in the best position bond drank a vodka martini his favorite cocktail while mr dupont ordered crabs cooked in butter and bottles of pink champagne when the food came it was one of the most delicious meals that bond had ever eaten have you ever played the card game canasta mr bond asked mr dupont as they sat drinking coffee yes it's a good game i like it i like it too i've been playing canasta for many years and i'm a very experienced player but this week i've lost twenty five thousand playing canasta what do you think about that well said bond if you've been playing with the same man he's been cheating you that's what i think too said mr dupont but i've watched him carefully and i can't find out how he's cheating there aren't any special marks on the cards he never tries to look at the cards in my hand but he just keeps winning and winning bond was interested in everything about cards and gambling twenty five thousand dollars is a lot of money he said haven't you won at all no as soon as a game starts going well for me the man puts down exactly the right cards and beats me it's as if he knows which cards i have in my hand are there any mirrors in the room where you play us bond perhaps he can see your cards reflected in a mirror no he can't see a reflection of my cards in the mirror replied mr dupont we never play in a room we always play outside he says that he wants to stay in the sun and get a sun tan so he only wants to play cards in the mornings and afternoons we never play in the evenings what's this man's name us bond goldfinger what's his first name eric that means golden doesn't it said junior dupont he certainly looks golden he's got hair as red as fire what's his nationality british dupont replied he's not married he's 42 and he works as a broker i found out this information by looking at goldfinger's passport i own the floridiana hotel where he's staying so i asked our hotel detective to show the passport to me what does goldfinger buy and sell i asked him replied dupont but he just said oh anything he doesn't like answering questions has he got a lot of money he's extremely rich he's one of the richest millionaires in the world i asked my bank to investigate him he keeps all his money in the form of gold bars and moves them around to different countries juniors dupont stayed at bond for a few moments i've never forgotten meeting you in the casino at roy alesso he said i remember how you took risks as you gambled and i remembered that you stayed so cool as you played you never looked nervous or worried mr bond i'll pay you ten thousand dollars to stay in my hotel i want you to find out how this man goldfinger is cheating me that's a very good offer said bond he thought for a few minutes but i have to fly to new york tomorrow night if you play your usual card games tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon i should have enough time to find out the answer is that okay that's fine said mr dupont chapter two mr goldfinger next morning bond woke early he got out of bed and walked over to the huge window of his luxurious suite in the floridiana hotel he pulled back the curtains and stepped out onto the balcony and into the bright sunshine twelve floors below bond was the cabana club which was also part of the hotel this building had a flat roof where guests could lie in the sun and sunbathe there were chairs and tables and brightly colored umbrellas on the roof at the far end of the roof there was a huge swimming pool with sparkling water hotel staff wearing white jackets were busy getting everything ready for the day around the hotel there was a garden full of beautiful plants and trees a lawn of green grass led down to a beach of golden sand and beyond this was the bright blue sea the hotel was in the best position on the coast of florida mr dupont's hotel must have some extremely rich guests thought barn and he smiled he went back into the bedroom picked up the phone and ordered a delicious and expensive breakfast by the time that he'd shaved had taken a cold shower and got dressed it was eight o'clock bond ate his breakfast slowly and thought about mr dupont and mr goldfinger bond was sure that goldfinger was cheating mr dupont but goldfinger was already a very rich man he didn't need to make money by cheating people at card games so he probably cheated people in bigger ways too bond was very interested in the activities of big criminals he very much wanted to meet goldfinger bond had asked dupont to get him a pass key to goldfinger's suite bond wanted to look inside the suite when goldfinger wasn't there he wanted to find out how goldfinger was cheating dupont at ten o'clock bond and mr dupont met in the garden of the hotel and dupont handed bond a pass key then they walked over to the kapana club and climbed up the steps to the roof bond was going to pretend that he was a friend of mr duponts mr dupont was going to introduce bond to goldfinger he was going to say that bond had come to miami from new york on business barn got a surprise when he first saw goldfinger at the far corner of the roof a man was lying on a sunbed he was wearing a very small yellow satin swimsuit and sunglasses his skin was burned a red brown color by the sun hi there mr dupont called out loudly goldfinger didn't move he can't hear much he's deaf dupont explained to bond they walked up to goldfinger's sunbed hi there said mr dupont again goldfinger sat up and took off his sunglasses i'd like you to meet mr bond james bond said dupont he's a friend of mine from new york he's here on business pleased to meet you mr bum goldfinger held out his hand and barnes shook it goldfinger's hand was hard and dry he opened his eyes wide and stared at bond for a moment the millionaire's eyes were a strange pale blue color mrbine doesn't play cards but he would like to watch us play said junius dupont do you want to play a game i will go and change my clothes goldfinger said i was going to play golf this afternoon but i'd like to play cards instead do you play golf mr bomb sometimes when i'm in britain replied bond i've recently joined the royal scent marks golf club at sandwich said goldfinger one of my businesses is near sandwich do you know the golf course there yes i've played at royals and mark said barn we must have a game there one day said goldfinger then he turned and spoke to mr dupont i'll be back in a few minutes he said and he walked slowly towards the steps mr dupont asked the hotel staff to bring a table for cards while bond thought about goldfinger orrick goldfinger was an extraordinary looking man when he'd stood up bond had seen that goldfinger's sunburned body was very thick and short his head was huge and round like a football his hair was bright flame red and he had pale yellow eyelashes around his pale blue eyes when goldfinger returned he was wearing a dark blue suit and a white shirt bond noticed a skin-colored hearing aid in his left ear dupont and goldfinger sat down at the card table dupont sat with his back to the hotel and goldfinger sat opposite him bond took a seat close to dupont and began to watch carefully the men cut and dealt the cards for the first round and began to play soon goldfinger started winning he seemed to have very good luck he always knew which cards to play and how to beat dupont's cards bond became more and more sure that goldfinger was cheating but he couldn't see how how long are you staying in miami mr bomb asked goldfinger bond smiled politely my name is bond b-o-n-d i have to go back to new york tonight uh how sad said goldfinger looking down at his cards he won that round and the next and the next and then he won the whole game so mr dupont had lost 1 500 goldfinger began to deal the cards for a new game don't you ever sit in a different seat asked barn unfortunately mr bond that's not possible said goldfinger i have an illness called agrophobia a fear of open spaces i can't look at open places it makes me ill so i have to sit and face the hotel oh i'm so sorry said bond how did your agrophobia start i have no idea said goldfinger picking up his cards bond stood up i think that i'll go and have a look at the swimming pool he said okay james said dupont i'll see you at lunch bond walked over to the pool then looked back at the two men playing cards so goldfinger liked to face the hotel or was the truth that he liked junius du pont to have his back to the hotel and why what was the number of goldfingers sweet in the hotel bond took out the pass key which dupont had given him the number on it was two hundred bond suite was number one thousand two hundred and it was on the top floor so goldfinger's suite would be ten floors directly below bonds room 200 was on the second floor about 20 yards above the card table bond looked up at the balcony of goldfinger's suite it was empty an open door led to the room inside bond stared at the doorway suddenly bond had an idea about how goldfinger was cheating dupont yes that must be it clever mr goldfinger while they ate their lunch dupont told bond that he'd lost another ten thousand dollars to goldfinger tell me something said bond does goldfinger have a secretary yes replied dupont but i've never seen her i think that she stays in his suite all the time i think that i know how goldfinger is cheating you said bond slowly but i have to be sure tell him that i won't be watching the game this afternoon tell him that i got bored and that i went into town bond went up to his suite on the top floor he opened his suitcase and took out an m3 leica camera with a powerful flash then he took out his gun a .32 walther ppk at 3 15 bond went out onto his balcony and looked down far below he could see goldfinger and dupont playing cards on the roof of the cabana club bond went down to the second floor and stood outside the door of goldfinger's suite there was nobody watching him so he took out the pass key opened the door very quietly and stepped inside the suite bond heard a low and attractive voice the voice of an english girl he's just picked up a four and a five she was saying now he's getting rid of the four he's holding a king a nine and a seven in his hand bond walked silently towards the sound of the voice a girl was sitting on a table just inside the open door of the balcony it was very hot in the suite and she was wearing only black silk underwear she was swinging her legs backwards and forwards and painting nail polish on her fingernails just in front of her eyes there was a pair of very powerful binoculars on a tripod below the binoculars there were wires leading to a microphone as bond watched the girl switched the microphone off so that was how goldfinger was cheating dupont the girl could see dupont's cars through the binoculars then she spoke into the microphone and told goldfinger what the cards were her voice came through to goldfinger on his hearing aid in this way goldfinger knew exactly which cards dupont was holding it was a very clever trick bond stepped very softly onto a chair behind the girl and looked through his camera yes he could take a good picture from here the photograph would show the girl's head the binoculars the microphone and the two men playing at the card table far below he pressed the button on the camera and there was a powerful flash of light the girl turned round in surprise and fear and screamed when she saw bond good afternoon said bond who are you what do you want don't worry i've got a photo of everything i know how goldfinger has been cheating and my name is bond james bond the girl was very beautiful with pale blonde hair and dark blue eyes her skin was suntanned a light golden brown color what are you going to do she asked i'm not going to do anything to you but i might have some fun with mr goldfinger move over and let me have a look bond took the girl's place and looked through the binoculars the game was going on normally goldfinger's expression hadn't changed his face wasn't showing that anything was wrong why does goldfinger take risks cheating people like this asked bond he doesn't need the money he doesn't care if people find out that he cheats at the girl he just gives them gold he knows that everybody wants gold so he always takes a million dollars worth of gold with him wherever he goes are you goldfinger's girlfriend bond asked no i am not the girl said quickly his secretary no a companion i travel with him he pays me well bond looked down through the binoculars again he saw that dupont was beginning to win goldfinger was sitting calmly he was waiting for the girl's voice to come through his hearing aid again he put his hand up to his hearing aid and pushed it more firmly into his ear bond watched goldfinger's big face carefully then he switched on the microphone and spoke softly into it now listen to me goldfinger this is james bond speaking i know that you've been cheating i've taken a photo which shows everything the blonde the binoculars the microphone and you and your hearing aid but i won't send it to the fbi and scotland yard if you do exactly what i say nod your head if you understand goldfinger moved his big head slowly up and down put your cards down on the table said bond now take out your checkbook and write a check for fifty thousand dollars that's thirty five thousand dollars for mr dupont ten thousand dollars for me and an extra five thousand dollars for wasting so much of mr dupont's valuable time goldfinger took his checkbook out of his pocket and started to write a check good said bond now listen to these instructions book a ticket for me on a train to new york tonight the ticket must be for a private compartment i want a bottle of the best champagne to be ready in the compartment and lots of caviar sandwiches now said bond give the check to mr dupont and say i apologize i've been cheating you bond watched goldfinger drop the check in front of mr dupont and speak to him what's your name bond asked the girl jill masterton goldfinger had stood up and was turning away from the card table stop said barn sharply i haven't finished with you yet goldfinger there's one more thing i'll be taking miss masterton with me to new york make sure that she's at the train that's [Music] all chapter 3 the richest man in britain it was a week later and bond was back in the headquarters of the british secret intelligence service in london he was thinking about jill masterton it had been a wonderful trip in the train to new york bond and the girl had eaten the sandwiches and drunk the champagne then they had made love in the narrow bed of their private compartment bond had asked jill about goldfinger he'd wanted to know if goldfinger had been angry after the card game jill told bond how goldfinger had behaved goldfinger hadn't shown his feelings at all in fact the millionaire had given jill a message for bond he'd said that he would be returning to britain in a week's time and he wanted to play a game of golf with bond at the royal saint mark's golf club when they arrived in new york jill had told barn that she was returning to goldfinger bond had tried to stop her he was worried that goldfinger might hurt her but jill wasn't frightened of goldfinger and she didn't want to lose her job goldfinger paid her well bond had given jill the ten thousand dollars that he'd got as his payment from mr dupont then he'd kissed her once hard on the lips and had walked away they hadn't been in love with each other but they had had a wonderful time together a red phone on the desk in front of bond rang this was the phone that bond's boss m used to call him bond picked it up come up to my office 007 m's voice said yes sir bond went up to the top floor of the building he knocked on the door of m's office and went in m was sitting at his desk reading some papers sit down double 07 m said last night i had dinner with the governor of the bank of england he told me that the bank has a serious problem with gold smuggling the people at the bank are sure that someone is taking large amounts of gold out of britain illegally do you know anything about gold not much sir do you know who are the richest men in this country well said bond there are some very rich businessmen some bankers are very rich too and so are some members of the royal family yes said em but there's one man who is richer than anybody else he's called goldfinger auric goldfinger bon started to laugh what's so funny sorry sir but i met him last week bond replied and he told m the whole story of his meeting with goldfinger well double07 said m when bond had finished speaking the people at the bank of england suspect that goldfinger is a gold smuggler and they want to catch him he stopped speaking for a few seconds then continued i've arranged for you to meet a man called colonel smithers at four o'clock this afternoon he's the head of the bank of england's research department he'll tell you more about the bank's problem with goldfinger colonel smithers was a quiet serious looking man who wore glasses but when he started to talk about gold he became very interesting he lived thought and dreamt about gold he told bond about the history of gold and its value he said that each country has its own supply of gold he also told bond that there is yellow gold red gold and white gold my drop mr bond is to check if gold is being smuggled out of britain when i find out that someone is smuggling i inform the cid gold squad we try to get the girl back and arrest the smugglers but gold attracts the biggest cleverest criminals and it's difficult to catch them can you give me an example of how gold has smuggled us bond yes imagine that you have a small bar of gold in your pocket in this country the price of gold bullion is controlled by the bank of england it's illegal to sell gold for a higher price but if you smuggle your gold bar out of britain to a country like india and sell it there you can get a lot more money for it why is gold worth more in india ask bond india needs gold to make jewelry replied colonel smithers it doesn't have enough gold of its own so what is the bank of england's particular problem said bond our problem is a man called auric goldfinger said colonel smithers he came to britain from riga in the soviet union in 1937 he was a jeweler and a goldsmith he bought lots of small jeweler shops here in britain and gave them his name guildfinger then he started selling cheap jewelry and buying old gold goldfinger became very rich the kernel went on after the war he bought a house at reculver near the river thames and built a small factory there he employed german and korean workers in this factory then he bought a large cargo ship and an old rolls-royce silver ghost car he also has a factory in switzerland every year goldfinger made one trip to india in his cargo ship and a few trips in his car to switzerland said colonel smithers but one year there was a terrible storm and his ship was wrecked the ship was destroyed on some rocks the company which collected the pieces of the wrecked ship found a strange kind of powder inside parts of the ship when scientists examined the powder they found out that it was gold we were sure that goldfinger had been smuggling gold out of britain to india in his ship colonel smithers continued but we couldn't prove anything goldfinger does everything legally he has plenty of money in his bank account and he always pays his taxes to the government i've been investigating mr girlfinger for five years and i've discovered that he's the richest man in britain all his wealth is in the form of gold bars he has 20 million pounds worth of gold bars in the vaults of banks in zurich nassau panama and new york i went to nassau and examined some of his gold bars in the bank there said the colonel and i discovered something very interesting goldfinger's gold bars have no official marks on them the bars were not produced by the royal mint so where have the bars come from ask bond goldfinger has produced his gold bars himself colonel smithers replied he has melted down old gold from his shops smuggled it out of britain and made it into new gold bars each of his bars has the mark of a tiny letter zed on the metal but the gold in his bars doesn't belong to goldfinger said colonel smithers it belongs to the bank of england and britain needs that gold back as soon as possible we need your help mr bond we want you to catch goldfinger em had told bond to report back to him at six o'clock after bond had told his boss about his meeting with colonel smithers m thought for a few minutes do you have any ideas about how we can get close to goldfinger he asked well i got a message that he'd like to play golf with me replied bond i could talk to him during the game i could make up a story i could pretend that i'm bored working for universal export perhaps he'll offer me a job all right said m now listen double seven there's something else that colonel smithers didn't tell you i also know what goldfinger's own gold bars look like i saw a bar today it was found in the office of one of smash's agents in tangiers the bar had girlfinger's letter zed on it the secret intelligence service has found 19 of these gold bars m went on each bar had been kept by a smash agent i think that smash trained goldfinger as a spy before he left the soviet union and now he works for them i believe that he's a banker for smash he looks after their money and increases their wealth if i'm correct then goldfinger is one of smasher's best man chapter four a trip to sandwich bond decided to drive to sandwich and play a game of golf with goldfinger goldfinger had told bond that he was a member of the royal saint mark's golf club bond had often played on this course in the southeast of england when he was a teenager so he knew it well bonds drove from london to sandwich in a grey aston martin db3 this car belonged to his employers the sis and it was very fast and powerful the car also had some special features there was a gun hidden in a secret compartment under the driver's seat and a radio that could pick up signals from a transmitting device called the homer bond was a fast driver and easily passed most of the other cars on the road as he drove he thought about m's last words bond thought that m was probably right about goldfinger the headquarters of smash were in moscow but it had many centers around the world the organization needed a clever banker who was working outside the soviet union goldfinger was a perfect choice for smash bond had booked a room in a hotel in ramsgate a small town near sandwich a few miles from ramsgate he passed a signpost to reculver where goldfinger's house and factory were bond saw a tall factory chimney behind some trees and then he passed a gate with a sign which said than it alloys no entry except on business bond reached the hotel at 12 o'clock he went to his room and unpacked his bags then he had a drink in the bar later he drove to the royal said mark's golf course at sandwich a man called alfred blacking worked for the royal saint mark's golf club bond had known alfred blacking for many years alfred's job was to teach people to play golf he also sold and repaired golf equipment in the shop at the club when members of the club had no one else to play with they could book a game of golf with alfred when bond arrived alfred was repairing a broken golf club in the workshop area of the shop he was surprised and pleased to see bond hello mr barn oh it must be more than 15 years since you played golf at saint mark's are you going to play today yes i'm looking for someone to play golf with alfred have you got time for a game this afternoon i'm sorry sir replied alfred but a member of the club mr goldfinger has already booked a game with me goldfinger said bond pretending to be surprised i met a man called goldfinger the other day in america oh said alfred well if you know him would you like to have a game with him this afternoon instead of me all right said bond but perhaps he won't want to play with me we'll find out now said alfred looking through the window there's his car bond saw a very unusual car coming towards the shop it was a beautiful old rolls-royce silver ghost it was bright yellow except for the roof which was black the sun shone on the silver metal of the radiator at the front of the car the two great headlights on the radiator looked like two huge eyes staring at bond goldfinger was sitting in the driver's seat beside him was a shorter man dressed in a tight black suit with a bowler hat placed firmly on his head the two men stared straight in front of them as if they were looking directly into alfred's shop bonds stepped backwards into the workshop area a few minutes later he heard goldfinger come into the shop good afternoon said goldfinger to alfred i saw a car outside is someone looking for a partner to play a game the car belongs to mr bonn replied alfred he's been a member here for many years bond said goldfinger i met someone called bond the other day what's his first name james sir he's in the workshop now bond heard goldfinger come to the door of the workshop he pretended to be busy cleaning his golf club i think that we have met before said goldfinger bond looked up with a surprised expression on his face oh it's gold goldman a gold finger what are you doing here i told you that i played here didn't miss masterton give you my message i told her that i wanted to play a game of golf with you i was going to play with blacking this afternoon but now i'll play with you instead bond pretended that he wasn't very interested but i haven't got anyone to be my caddy he said blacking can you find a caddy for mr bond goldfinger asked alfred yes sir then it's all arranged said goldfinger well okay said bond and a disinterested voice but it's boring playing just for fun i like playing for money all right said goldfinger i have a suggestion you took ten thousand dollars from me in miami if you win this game i'll give you another ten thousand dollars if you lose you must give me my ten thousand dollars back i agree said bond he looked cool and calm but inside he felt very excited this game was going to be a perfect opportunity to learn more about auric goldfinger i'll go and change my clothes he said bond went to his car to get his bag the man with the bowler hat was polishing goldfinger's rolls-royce with a cloth he stopped polishing the car and watched barn suspiciously the man had a square face and dark fierce eyes he must be one of goldfinger's korean staff thought bond bond took off his shoes and his jacket and put on a pair of special golf shoes and an old comfortable jacket then he went back into the shop alfred had found a caddy for him a man called hawker bond remembered hawker he'd first met the caddy at saint mark's when bond was a teenager good afternoon hawker said bond good afternoon sir replied hawker smiling goldfinger approached with his caddy a man called fuchs fuchs was carrying goldfinger's new golf clubs in an expensive black leather bag goldfinger took out a club and a new golf ball the name of the ball was printed on it in clear black letters and numbers i always use the same kind of ball he said a dunlop 65 number one what ball do you play with a penfold heart replied bond goldfinger and his caddy walked out onto the course and goldfinger placed his ball on the first tee he made one or two practice swings with the club then he hit the ball it was an excellent shot which went about 200 yards down the fairway towards the first hole now it was bond's turn he placed his ball on the tee and swung his club but he hit the ball too hard it went past goldfinger's ball and landed in the long grass on the edge of a rough bond's second shot was even worse he hit the ball into a bunker of sand but goldfinger was playing well when he hit his ball again it rolled easily along the ground to the first hole i've got to do better than this said bond to hawker don't worry sir replied hawker it's still early in the game but bond was worried he knew that it was never too early to start losing and he mustn't lose this game against goldfinger he had to win chapter five playing to win the golf course at royal saint mark's is very difficult there are many areas of long rough grass and bunkers full of sand at the third hole of the course goldfinger hit his ball into the rough the ball stopped beside a large tuft of grass it was going to be very difficult for him to hit the ball because the tuft was in the way goldfinger looked at the ball for a moment then he stepped heavily on the tuft and made it flat now it was easy to hit the ball towards the hole bond frowned angrily he'd seen how goldfinger had flattened the tuft of grass goldfinger had cheated but bond also knew that he couldn't accuse goldfinger of cheating goldfinger would deny it and then he would accuse bond of telling lies as they approached the fifth hole bond was preparing for a difficult shot he swung his club high in the air and thought about hitting the ball well but suddenly goldfinger made a sharp noise and bond swung his club in the wrong way he hit the ball badly he turned towards goldfinger his eyes were cold with anger i'm sorry said goldfinger carelessly i dropped my club don't do it again said barn he handed his own club to hawker and walked to the next hole without speaking what company do you work for asked goldfinger suddenly bond tried to control his anger he had to remember why he was playing golf with goldfinger barnes mission was to find out more about goldfinger universal export he replied and where are their headquarters asked goldfinger london regents park what do they export oh all kinds of machines as well as military weapons said bond but the work isn't very interesting i'm thinking about leaving the job oh really said goldfinger bond waited for more questions but goldfinger didn't say anything more at the sixth hole goldfinger cheated again he made a bad shot and his ball went into a bunker it landed in a deep soft part of the sand but then goldfinger didn't walk down into the bunker he jumped down and the sand beside the ball became flat he'd made the ground level so when he hit the ball again it came out of the bunker easily bond was too far away to see what goldfinger had done but barnes caddy hawker had seen how goldfinger had cheated and he was angry bond was losing the game because goldfinger wasn't playing fairly so hawker made a decision he would help bond to win the game goldfinger and bond were walking towards the tenth hole what happened to that nice girl miss masterton asked bond goldfinger stared straight in front of him for a few minutes he didn't speak then he said carelessly she left my employment oh really where did she go i don't know said goldfinger walking away they continued playing goldfinger was still winning but bond played some excellent shots at last there were only two more holes to play the 17th and the 18th before the end of the game at the 17th hole goldfinger hit his ball into deep rough grass and lost it goldfinger and fuchs started searching for the ball bond and hawker searched too suddenly bond trod on something he bent down and looked in the long grass under his foot was a golf ball a dunlop 65. here you are he called a goldfinger then he looked at the ball again oh you play with the number one don't you yes called goldfinger well this is a number seven bond picked up the ball and showed it to goldfinger that isn't my ball said goldfinger the ball was almost new the words and numbers on it were clear bond put it in his pocket and went on searching for goldfinger's ball suddenly fuchs called out here you are sir i found your ball a number one dunlop bond and goldfinger walked over to where fuchs was standing and pointing down at a ball bond looked at it closely yes it was an almost new dunlap number one but it was lying in a very good position goldfinger could easily hit the ball into the hole from this position how had the ball got there bond walked away thinking carefully he watched as goldfinger hit the ball out of the rough it was one of his best shots in the game barnes smiled at hawker and said goldfinger was very lucky to find his ball in that rough it wasn't his own bold sir replied hawker calmly what do you mean ask bond i saw him give money to fox sir said hawker fox had a new ball in his pocket he dropped the ball down the leg of his trousers then he pretended that he'd found goldfinger's lost ball how can you be sure about that hawker said bond hawker smiled because i put your bag of golf clubs on top of his lost ball he said bond looked surprised and shocked i'm sorry sir hawker went on but i saw how he was cheating you i had to do something to stop him bond laughed thank you hawker he said i know that goldfinger has been cheating but there's only one way that i can win now i shall have to cheat too and i'll have to cheat better than him but how suddenly bond had an idea the dunlop number seven golf ball which he'd picked up was in his pocket here said bond quietly to hawker take this he put the dunlop number seven into hawker's hand after goldfinger and i have hit our balls into the 17th hole pick them up then give goldfinger this number seven dunlop instead of his number one dunlop he mustn't see that you have changed the balls the two balls look almost exactly the same and the shape of the numbers one and seven are similar goldfinger will start playing with a ball that isn't his own that means he'll be breaking the rules of the game that's a very clever trick sir said hawker at the 17th hole hawker did as bond asked he changed goldfinger's dunlop number one ball for the dunlop number seven ball then he gave the dunlop number seven to goldfinger goldfinger was very pleased he thought that he was winning there was only the last hole to play the 18th goldfinger placed his ball on the tee and bond watched him nervously surely goldfinger would see that he was playing with a different ball but goldfinger didn't notice that anything was wrong he swung his club and hit the ball well it landed in a good position on the fairway good shot said bond in a pleased voice now he would win the game because goldfinger had hit the wrong ball goldfinger had cheated bond but bond had tricked him and goldfinger didn't know goldfinger hit his ball easily into the 18th hole bond didn't try to win he hit his ball badly so that it went past the hole he had to make more shots than goldfinger so that he was the loser he picked up his own ball and goldfinger's ball out of the hole goldfinger's face was shining with triumph he thought that he'd beaten bond it's clear that i'm a better player than you he said yes you are very good said bond glancing at the two golf balls in his hand wait a moment he said in a surprised voice you play with a dunlop number one don't you yes of course why i'm sorry but you've been playing with the wrong ball said bond this is a dunlop number seven not a number one he handed the ball to goldfinger and goldfinger stared at it his face went pale as he looked from the ball to bond and then back to the ball i'm sorry that means you've lost the game said bond softly but but began goldfinger angrily bond stood and waited saying nothing it was your caddy who gave me this ball at the 17th hole said goldfinger he gave me the wrong ball i'm sure that's not true said bond hawker you didn't give mr goldfinger the wrong ball by mistake did you no sir said hawker but perhaps the mistake happened when mr goldfinger lost his ball in the long grass perhaps he picked up a dunlop number seven instead of a number one that's impossible said goldfinger angrily you saw that my caddy found a number one not a number seven i'm afraid that i didn't look closely replied bond thanks for the game we must play again one day and he started to walk away goldfinger followed bond slowly his eyes staring coldly at barn's back [Music] chapter 6 dinner with mr goldfinger bond went back to his hotel room and had a shower while he was drying himself a member of the hotel staff knocked at the door there's a phone message from mr goldfinger sir he said he would like to invite you to dinner at his house tonight he lives at the grange in reculver can you arrive at 6 30 please tell mr goldfinger that i'll be delighted to have dinner with him replied bond he felt very pleased he'd beaten goldfinger twice and now goldfinger was interested in him goldfinger wanted to find out more about bond he wanted to find a way to fight him and win just after six o'clock bond drove to recover he turned off the main road and followed the path leading up to goldfinger's house the grange was a dark and ugly house to the right of it there were tall trees and a tall factory chimney was behind them bond rang the front doorbell the same korean who had come to royals and marks with goldfinger that afternoon opened the door he was still wearing his bowler hat he led bond into a large gloomy living room a small fire was burning in the fireplace two armchairs went in front of the fire and there was a tray of drinks on a table between them there were stairs leading from the living room to the floor above all the decorations and furniture in the room were dark and ugly the korean pointed silently to the drinks tray then went out through a door at one side of the room bond had a phone ringing somewhere in the house then there was the sound of a voice and footsteps coming down a passage a door under the wooden staircase opened and goldfinger appeared he was wearing a purple dinner jacket it was very kind of you to come mr vaughn he said but i'm afraid that i have to leave you for a short time i've just had a phone call one of my korean staff is in trouble with the police i have to go and talk to them and find out what the problem is my servant will drive me there please have a drink i won't be more than half an hour that's fine said bond this room is very dark said goldfinger i'll put the lights on he turned on the switch and suddenly lights shone all around the room now it was as bright as a film studio a few minutes later bond heard the sound of a car going away down the drive he looked round the hall why had goldfinger left him alone was it a trap bond looked at his watch five minutes had passed since goldfinger had left bond decided to take a risk even if goldfinger had prepared a trap this was a good opportunity to look round the house while goldfinger was away the factory would be a good place to start bond opened the door that goldfinger's servant had gone through and found himself in a passage he walked along the passage and out through a door at the end he was now standing in a courtyard the long wall of the factory was on the other side of the courtyard bond crossed the courtyard and looked through a window into the factory inside goldfinger's factory there were two blast furnaces for melting metal the whole building was lit with very bright lights under the powerful lights bond saw four koreans working on goldfinger's rolls-royce silver ghost they had taken the door off the right side of the car and they were fitting a new panel of metal into it nothing interesting there thought bond he went back to the living room and looked at his watch he had 10 minutes before goldfinger returned he decided to check the rooms upstairs bond climbed the stairs and walked along the passage he opened doors and looked inside the rooms but none of them had furniture in them suddenly a large gingerred cat appeared it rubbed its body against bond's trouser legs and followed him bond opened a door at the end of the passage and found that he was in goldfinger's bedroom all the lights in the room were on bond looked around quickly but he couldn't see anything unusual the room was comfortable with large cupboards and a small shelf of books beside the bed bond glanced at his watch again there were only five minutes before goldfinger came back it was time to go he took a last look around the room and moved to the door suddenly he stopped and listened carefully there was a soft sound coming from one of the cupboards it was the sound of a machine with an electric motor bond carefully opened the cupboard door the noise of the motor was coming from behind some coats he pushed them out of the way and saw three separate strips of film they were moving down from three slots near the top of the cupboard and falling into a deep container so this was the trap cine cameras had been filming bond from the time that goldfinger had left the house the cameras must be hidden somewhere in the living room the courtyard outside the factory and goldfinger's bedroom when goldfinger had switched on the lights he'd also switched on the cameras now goldfinger would know that bond had been looking round his house what could bond do he heard a soft cry from beside the bedroom door the cat it had followed him into the room suddenly bond had an idea he'd thought of a way to destroy the film and goldfinger would think that the cat had done it bond picked up the cat holding the animal in his arms he lent over the container and began to pick up the long strips of film the bright light coming through the open cupboard door exposed the film it destroyed the pictures on it now goldfinger would have no pictures of bond searching the house when bond was sure that all the film was exposed he put the strips back into the container then he dropped the cat down on top of the strips of film the cat couldn't get out of the deep container it lay down on top of the strips and went to sleep goldfinger will think that the cat pushed open the door of the cupboard barn said to himself then it wanted to play with the moving strips of film so it jumped into the container he'll believe that the bright light in the room exposed the film bond ran back along the passage and down the stairs to the living room he poured himself a drink picked up a magazine and sat down in one of the chairs he didn't hear the sound of a car coming back but suddenly the front door opened goldfinger had entered the room hello barn said turning around is everything okay oh yes said goldfinger it was a misunderstanding i talked to the police and they let my servant go you had to wait here alone i'm sorry about that i hope that you weren't bored i'll just go upstairs and wash then we'll have dinner goldfinger walked up the stairs and along the passage there was silence bond had another drink and read more of the magazine then he heard goldfinger coming back down the stairs he looked up goldfinger was standing in front of him with the ginger cat in his arms goldfinger found the cat in the cupboard man said to himself he must have seen the exposed film too goldfinger rang a bell beside the fireplace do you like cats he asked bond they're okay bond replied the door opened and goldfinger's korean servant came into the room he was wearing his bowler hat and a pair of shiny black gloves this is odd job said goldfinger turning to bond i call him odd job because he does all kinds of work for me he can't speak or job show mr bond your hands our job pulled off his gloves and held out his hands they were huge and strong and all the fingers were the same length odd job turned his hands over and bond saw that the servant had no fingernails down the edge of each hand there was a hard line of thick shiny skin goldfinger pointed to the thick wooden banister that went up beside the stairs he nodded to odd job and the korean servant walked over to the banister he lifted his right hand high above his head and brought it down across the banister the edge of his hand struck the banister like an axe the powerful blow broke the banister and pieces of wood fell down onto the floor his feet are as powerful as his hands said goldfinger odd job the mental piece he pointed to the heavy shelf of wood above the fireplace it was about six inches higher than the top of our job's bowler hat goldfinger nodded and oddjob leapt high in the air his right foot struck the mantelpiece and bond heard a terrible noise as the mantlepiece broke bond stared at our job in astonishment he'd never met anyone like him before our job was tremendously strong he was like a machine good odd job said goldfinger here he threw the cat to our job who caught it quickly i'm tired of this animal you may have it for dinner our job smiled a cruel smile bond felt disgusted but he was careful not to show his feelings goldfinger suspected that bond not the cat had found the film and destroyed it goldfinger was giving bond a warning by showing odd job strength and cruelty and bond understood this why does he always wear that bowler hat asked bond calmly looking at the servant odd job called goldfinger as the servant was leaving the room the head he pointed at a wooden panel on the wall near the fireplace odd job was holding the cat under his left arm he lifted his right hand took the hat off his head and threw it at the panel there was a ringing sound the edge of the bowler hat stuck deep in the panel goldfinger smiled at bond oddjob's hat is made of a light but strong metal he said it's a very useful weapon that blow would have smashed a man's head or cut his neck yes indeed said bond politely our job pulled his hat out of the panel and went out time for dinner said goldfinger he led the way through into a dining room in the center of the room a round table was prepared for a meal the table had lighted candles silver cutlery and sparkling glasses on it bond and goldfinger were served an excellent dinner by goldfinger's korean staff your rolls-royce is a beautiful car said bond was it made in about 1925 yes said goldfinger i've had to make some changes to it for example i had to increase the power of the brakes the body of the car is armor-plated so it's very heavy what happens when you take the car to europe asked bond isn't it too heavy for a plane i book a whole plane for myself replied goldfinger i book with the silver city company their planes fly from ferryfield airport i go to europe twice a year on golfing holidays so they know me well in fact i'm going to europe tomorrow they talked about money and bonds work at universal export bond told goldfinger that he wanted to leave the company bond was still hoping that goldfinger would offer him a job but goldfinger didn't seem very interested after dinner goldfinger got up from the table and went towards the front door bond followed and held out his hand well many thanks for the excellent dinner he said perhaps we'll meet again one day goldfinger looked closely at bond and shook his hand slowly i'm sure that we will meet again he said all the way back to his hotel bond thought about what goldfinger had said what did he mean was he going to make contact with bond again bond decided that he would follow goldfinger to europe but he would have to be careful very careful [Music] chapter seven the chase begins at nine o'clock the next morning bond found the headquarters of the secret intelligence service in london goldfinger is leaving britain today he told them he's going to europe he's flying from ferryfield airport but i don't know when he's taking his rolls-royce i want to follow him and put a homer transmitting device in his car a few minutes later the sis called bond they said that goldfinger was booked on a flight to le 2k in france the flight was leaving at midday bond paid his hotel bill and left ramsgate he drove to ferryfield airport and got there at about 11 o'clock the sis had already phoned the customs officers at the airport they had asked the customs officers to help bond bond parked his car where goldfinger would not see it and waited at quarter to 12 goldfinger and odd job arrived in the rolls-royce silver ghost they got onto the plane and the customs officers took goldfinger's car into the customs area there was only one other car there a small pale gray triumph sports car bond took the homer transmitting device out of his pocket and fixed it into the compartment of goldfinger's car where tools are kept then the customs officers drove the rolls royce onto the plane bonds aston martin had a special receiver which would pick up signals from the homer it could pick up signals from a distance of up to 100 miles bond would be able to follow goldfinger without goldfinger seeing him bond took the 2pm flight to le 2k as soon as he left the airport at le 2k he switched on the receiver in his car it picked up the signal from the homer in goldfinger's car and started to make a low humming sound bond followed the sound made by the homer goldfinger was moving through france in a south easterly direction goldfinger drove all afternoon and bond followed as it became dark they reached the old town of orlion suddenly bond saw another car in front of his car it was a small pale grey triumph sports car bombed past it and saw goldfinger's car ahead he slowed down he didn't want goldfinger to know that he was being followed that night goldfinger stayed at a very expensive hotel while bond stayed in a small hotel near the railway station at six o'clock the next morning bond was ready and waiting in his car outside goldfinger's hotel at half past eight goldfinger and odd job came out of the hotel and got into the rolls-royce they drove off and bond followed bond was enjoying himself he was driving along by the revolution it was early summer and the french countryside was very beautiful suddenly a small triumph sports car drove past it was the same car that he'd passed the evening before in orlio he could see the driver a pretty girl wearing a pink scarf over her dark hair bond looked at the girl with interest he loved pretty girls and it was a perfect day for romance he wished that he could drive after her and catch up with her but this was no time for love he was on a mission his job was to follow goldfinger then bond realized that he'd seen that triumph before it had been at ferryfield airport and also in olio was this a coincidence or was the girl following goldfinger 2 bond would have to get rid of her the job of following goldfinger was already difficult and bond didn't want this girl to make things more difficult bond drove on following the strong clear signal from the homer suddenly as he drove over the top of a hill barnes saw that the rolls-royce had stopped by the side of the road the car was about a mile ahead of him bonds stopped too and took a small pair of binoculars out of a compartment in the aston martin he saw goldfinger sitting beside a small bridge that crossed a river he was eating a sandwich goldfinger finished eating and got up bond saw him place something carefully on the ground close to the stone wall of the bridge then goldfinger got back into the rolls royce and drove off bond drove quickly down to the bridge and searched the ground beside it next to the stone wall of the bridge hidden under some grass there was something hard and heavy bond pulled a gold bar out of the grass had goldfinger put the bar there for one of the smash agents to collect well bond would make sure that they wouldn't find it he carried the bar back to the aston martin and put it in the secret compartment under the passenger seat bond drove off quickly and caught up with the rolls-royce before it reached the next town macaul the road divided at macaw the right turning led to lyon in france the left turning led to geneva in switzerland which way was goldfinger going the rolls-royce took the left turning goldfinger was going to switzerland suddenly bond looked in his driving mirror and saw the little grey triumph immediately behind him he'd been so busy following the rolls-royce that he'd forgotten the girl bond was angry now he must make sure that she couldn't follow any further this was a perfect opportunity to get her car off the road bond pressed down hard on his brakes and his car stopped at once the triumph crashed straight into the back of the aston mars bond's car wasn't damaged but the radiator of the triumph was badly smashed the girl got out of her car she was extremely angry you stupid idiot why did you do that she shouted i can't drive my car now i'm terribly sorry said bond politely i'll pay for the damage and i'll pay for your hotel this evening i'm sure that your car can be repaired by tomorrow morning no said the girl in a cool angry voice i can't stay here in macaw i've got an important meeting in geneva i have to get there this evening will you take me in your car please bond looked at the girl she was very beautiful with dark blue eyes and black hair why was she chasing goldfinger all right he said i'll be happy to take you to geneva go and get your things the girl went to her car and took out a small suitcase and a bag of golf clubs what's your name bond asked and which hotel are you staying at the hotel de berg and my name is soames miss tilly soams a few minutes later they were on their way to geneva bond could still hear the signal from the homer but the low humming sound wasn't loud the rolls rolls-royce must be about 50 miles ahead he thought he glanced at the girl in the passenger seat how long are you going to stay in geneva he asked i don't know i'm playing in the swiss open golf championship for women bond was sure that the girl wasn't telling him all of the truth and she didn't talk very much to him for the rest of the journey they drove over the mountains and crossed the border from france into switzerland when they reached geneva bond stopped at the hotel de berg he gave the girls some money and he apologized again for the damage to her car she got out of the aston martin thanked him coldly and walked into the hotel now bond had to catch up with goldfinger again the sound from the homer had got much louder he drove fast through geneva and saw the yellow rolls royce just before they arrived at a small village called coppe the car was turning in through big iron gates in a high wall a sign on the wall said enterprises auric bond drove past the gates and took the next turning off the road a narrow lane led up into some woods bond stopped the aston martin and turned off the engine he took the binoculars got out of the car and walked silently through the trees when he came to a very large tree he hid behind it and looked through his binoculars from this position bond could see down to the buildings of enterprises auric below him there was a large courtyard around the sides of the courtyard there was an old house and some workshops at the corner of one of the workshops there was a tall thin chimney with a square piece of metal on the top the piece of metal was turning round and round it looked like a kind of radar scanner the rolls-royce silver ghost was standing in the middle of the courtyard as bond watched the door of the house opened and goldfinger came out with four men to bond surprise they began to take parts off the car they took the doors off the car and they removed the armor plating from inside the door panels suddenly odd job appeared in the doorway of the house he made a sign to goldfinger and goldfinger went inside it was time for bun to leave he looked around for the last time then went back quietly through the trees to his car bond took the gold bar that he'd found under the bridge to the british sis agent in geneva he asked the agent to send the bar to m in london do you know anything about enterprises auric at coppe bond asked the agent enterprises auric makes metal furniture replied the agent it's very good quality the company makes seats for the planes of a big indian airline mecca airlines suddenly bond understood everything about goldfinger's business the smuggling operation had been like a puzzle with a piece missing but now bond had got the missing piece of information now he knew how the gold was being smuggled out of britain and sold in india goldfinger was using his rolls-royce to smuggle it goldfinger had bought the rolls-royce because it was special it had been made with heavy armor plating in its doors bond remembered what he'd seen at reculver he'd seen the metal plates being fixed on the car at goldfinger's factory then he'd seen the armor plating taken off again at goldfinger's factory at coppe but the armor plating on the rolls-royce silver ghost wasn't ordinary metal it was gold white gold goldfinger drove his car to switzerland twice a year before he left britain his workman at his factory in reculver took the armor plating out of the car's doors they replaced the ordinary metal panels with panels of white gold the white gold was the same color as the armor plating so customs officials at the airport never suspected that the car's doors were really made of white gold then goldfinger drove the rolls-royce to his factory in switzerland at his factory at coppe workmen removed the white gold panels from goldfinger's car and replaced them with ordinary armor plating again the panels of white gold were melted in the blast furnaces at coppe and made into seats for mecca airlines planes then the mecca planes were flown to india in india the seats were taken out of the planes and replaced with ordinary metal seats in this way the gold was smuggled into india where it was sold goldfinger was making a lot of money for smash it was a very clever operation [Music] chapter 8 death by gold after he left the sis agent in geneva bond drove to the hotel de berg and booked a room he asked the receptionist if miss tilly soams was in her room but the receptionist said that no one of that name was staying at the hotel bond wasn't surprised he'd suspected that the girl hadn't told him her real name bond had a shower dressed and put on a pair of shoes with a small knife hidden in one of the heels then he drove to a small restaurant by lake geneva for dinner while he ate he thought about goldfinger's smuggling operation bond decided to go back to goldfinger's factory at coppe and look for some white gold dust he would send some of the dust to the headquarters of the sis in london the dust would prove that goldfinger was smuggling gold out of britain then the secret service would inform the police and goldfinger would be arrested a little after eight o'clock bond paid his restaurant bill and got into the aston martin he drove to the narrow lane in the woods above goldfinger's factory then he got out of the car and walked quietly through the trees the moon was shining brightly and there was no wind after walking for a few minutes barnes saw the outline of the factory buildings below him he could just hear the thump thump thump sound of a powerful engine bond stepped slowly and quietly through the trees moving small branches carefully out of his way when he came to the large tree he stopped in surprise body was lying on the ground in front of him the body moved a little by the light of the moon bond saw something made of shiny metal he also saw that the person had black hair a black sweater and narrow black trousers it was the girl tilly she was watching the factory buildings and she was holding a rifle bond breathed slowly he studied the distance between him and the girl tilly hadn't heard him approach suddenly he leapt onto her back and pressed his left hand over her mouth at the same time he grabbed the rifle with his right hand and threw it onto the ground a few feet away then he held her hands behind her back the girl tried to fight bond but he was stronger and heavier than she was she couldn't push bond off her back so she tried to bite his hand bond put his mouth close to her ear and whispered quickly tilly lie quietly this is me bond i'm a friend will you lie quietly and listen at last the girl nodded her head bond slid off her and lay beside her but he still held her hands behind her back were you following goldfinger he asked yes i was going to kill him the girl whispered fiercely then her whole body began to shake and she started to cry softly bond let go of tilly's hands and touched her hair gently he looked down through the trees at the factory buildings something was different there it was the radar scanner on top of the tall chimney the scanner wasn't turning round anymore it had stopped moving and it was pointing in their direction don't cry bound whispered i'm chasing goldfinger too i've been sent by my organization in london they want him what did he do to you he killed my sister replied tilly you knew her jill masterton what happened asked bond he was shocked jill called me from a hospital in miami she was dying i went to her at once she told me what goldfinger had done to her she died the same night what had he done asked bond goldfinger was angry because jill went to new york with you when she returned to miami he gave an order for jill to be killed he ordered his korean servant to paint all of her body with paint gold paint if you cover someone completely in paint your skin can't breathe and you die jill told me about you she liked you bond closed his eyes he remembered how beautiful jill had been and the wonderful time that they had spent together he felt sad and very angry he'd asked goldfinger about jill two days before goldfinger had replied she left my employment but jill hadn't left her job with goldfinger she'd been murdered by him suddenly there was a sharp noise by bond's head a metal arrow flew through the air and struck the large tree in front of bomb immediately bond turned his head he saw the dark figure of a man standing ten yards away the person was wearing a bowler hat it was odd job he was getting ready to fire a second arrow from a long metal bow don't move whispered bond to the girl hello our job he said more loudly he stood up in front of tilly trying to protect her with his own body our job held the bow so that the arrow was pointing at barn's stomach then our job quickly moved his head sideways and downwards towards the house he didn't speak you want us to go down there said bond all right bond knew that he couldn't win in a fight against our job our job was like a fighting machine they would have to do what our job wanted come on bond said to the girl and he led her away from the rifle on the ground so that our job wouldn't see it they walked slowly down the hill with odd job just behind them bond talked softly to the girl we'll tell goldfinger that you're my girlfriend he said quietly we'll say that i brought you here don't try to do anything he nodded his head back towards our job this man is a killer then bond noticed something the radar scanner on the tall chimney had started turning around again the machine must have detected their movements when they were in the woods so goldfinger had known that there were strangers near his factory and he'd sent odd job to get them bond tilly and odd job reached the courtyard of the house the back door opened and two of goldfinger's korean servants ran out carrying long sticks they searched bond and tilly for weapons but they didn't find any then our job pushed bond and the girl through the door and along a passage the korean servant stopped and knocked on the door leading off the passage yes said a voice inside the room our job opened the door and pushed bond and tilly through the doorway goldfinger sat at a big desk covered with papers he was wearing a purple velvet jacket over a white silk shirt he looked at bond with his cruel pale eyes he didn't look at the girl goldfinger said bond and an angry voice what's the problem this is my girlfriend miss soames odd job almost killed us in the woods if you don't answer me and apologize goldfinger i'll call the police goldfinger continued to stare at bond at last he spoke mr bond he said the gangsters in chicago say this if you meet someone for the first time it's by chance the second time you meet them it's by coincidence but if you meet them for a third time it's time for enemy action we met in miami sandwich and now here i'm going to get the truth out of you mr bond ojob take them into the factory bond leapt across the desk and attacked goldfinger the top of barn's head crashed into goldfinger's body and knocked him off his chair the two men fell to the floor together and bond's fingers went around goldfinger's throat then something heavy hit bond's head and he slid off goldfinger's body onto the floor and lay still he was unconscious [Music] chapter 9 project grand slam when bond became conscious again and opened his eyes a powerful bright light was shining above him he tried to move but he couldn't he was lying on a metal table and his hands and feet were tied to it now we can begin he heard goldfinger's voice say bond turned his head to the left and saw goldfinger sitting in a chair there was a control panel on a small table beside him tilly was sitting on the other side of the table her hands and feet were tied to a chair there was a shocked expression on her pale beautiful face bond turned his head to the right odd job was standing a few feet away the korean was wearing his bowler hat but he'd taken off his jacket and shirt the light shone on the powerful muscles of his arms and chest bond lifted his head and looked round the room they were in one of the factory rooms then he looked down at the table where he was lying it had a long narrow slot down the center and at the end he saw the sharp teeth of a large circular saw mr bond said goldfinger i know that you and this girl are my enemies i've given the girl drugs to make her talk she has told me that she came here to kill me perhaps you came here to kill me too now tell me the truth talk goldfinger pressed a button on the control panel and a high whistling sound came from the circular saw the sharp blade was spinning round as the saw began to move forward very slowly towards bond the blade would continue along the narrow slot in the center of the table and up between bond's legs it was going to kill him slowly by cutting his body into two pieces now mr bond said goldfinger tell me everything that you know about my business and you'll die quickly the girl will die quickly also if you talk i'll give each of you a drug and there will be no pain if you don't talk you'll die slowly and in great pain and the girl will watch then i'll give her to odd job so what do you want to do don't be a fool goldfinger said bond i told my employers at universal export where i was going and why universal is very powerful and they'll send the police here to find us i'm afraid that you don't understand mr bond said goldfinger smiley if the police come here none of my staff will talk to them now tell me the truth who are you who sent you here what do you know the saw is now moving towards your body at about one inch every minute bond was silent our job goldfinger said to his servant mr bond needs some help to make him talk persuade him to talk the servant stepped towards the table the high whistling sound of the saw was getting louder as it got nearer to barnes body then our job's powerful fingers began to press and strike bond's body again and again and again the pain was terrible bond wanted to die die quickly after many minutes our job stopped hitting him goldfinger said bond slowly in a weak voice i'll make a bargain with you the girl and i will work for you okay and i must wait for you to kill me one day said goldfinger no thank you mr bond decided that it was time to stop talking he could feel the movement of the spinning saw between his legs he closed his eyes and tried to scream but he couldn't then he tried to stop breathing die he told himself angrily die bond dreamt that he was flying through darkness i must have died and i'm on my way to heaven he thought then he heard a voice say this is your captain speaking we will be landing soon please fasten your seat belts thank you if bond was on a plane where was it going he couldn't understand what had happened he tried to think but he was extremely tired he couldn't move then he fell unconscious again when he woke up he was lying on a bed in a bright white room it looked like the health department of an airport tilly was lying next to him on another bed a door opened and two men entered the room the first man was a doctor he was dressed in a white coat and he was carrying a medical bag the other man was goldfinger the two men stopped between bond and tilly's bed doctor they're looking much better said goldfinger in a gentle voice they're both members of my staff and they've been working too hard they've both had nervous breakdowns their minds and their bodies are exhausted they've been very ill so i'm taking them to the best private hospital in america doctor said bond there's nothing wrong with me or this girl neither of us has ever worked for goldfinger he tied us up tortured us and gave us drugs please believe me barnes voice was slow and weak he couldn't lift his head from the bed the doctor looked worried and turned to goldfinger goldfinger shook his head slowly i'm very sad to see a man so sick in his mind he said you'll be all right james he said kindly smiling at pawn don't worry we'll look after you the doctor will give you a drug to help you to sleep goldfinger turned towards the doctor and spoke gently please help him doctor yes of course said the doctor and he took a needle on a syringe out of his bag a moment later bond felt the sharp needle go into his arm he opened his mouth and tried to scream then he fell unconscious again the next time that bond woke up he was lying on a bed in a grey room with no windows he was feeling very hungry and thirsty when had he last eaten any food two three days ago barnes sat up slowly he was dressed in his underwear but where are the rest of his clothes he put his feet down on the floor and tried to stand the only furniture in the room was a bed a table and a chair bonds clothes were lying under the bed his shoes were there too bond checked inside the heel of one of them good the knife was still hidden in its secret compartment there were two doors in the room one was locked and the other led into a bathroom bond went into the bathroom and saw a third door he opened it and saw tilly masterton lying on a bed in another room she was sleeping peacefully bond went into the bathroom he shaved and had a shower then he went back into his room and put on his clothes and shoes suddenly the locked door opened and odd job came in our job i'm hungry said bond at once bring me something to eat and tell goldfinger that i want to talk to him our job looked at bond angrily then he left the room and locked the door a few minutes later another korean servant arrived with a tray of food bond ate hungrily it was an excellent meal the door opened again and goldfinger came in he was holding a small gun and it was pointed at bond mr bond don't try to attack me said goldfinger if you do i'll shoot you i was going to kill you in switzerland but you said something that saved your life you wanted to make a bargain with me you said that you and miss masterton would work for me if i let you live by coincidence i'm just about to start a big project and i need more stuff so i didn't kill you i drugged both of you and i collected your things from the hotel de berg then i brought you here to new york what work do you want us to do ask bond bond i love gold said goldfinger his eyes shining with pleasure i love the color the smell and the feel of gold i own about 20 million pounds worth of gold it's all here in new york and i'll do anything to get more gold now i'm about to start the biggest project of my life it's a robbery a huge robbery the project will need a lot of preparation and paperwork you and miss masterton will work for me you'll be my secretaries when the project is finished i will pay you both with gold what are you going to do asked bond i'm going to steal 15 billion dollars worth of gold bullion that's approximately half the supply of gold in the world our project mr bond will be to rob the bullion depository at fort knox fort knox said bond but that's impossible it has more guards than any other place in the united states how can two men and a girl rob it i'll have help from 100 other people men and women from the six most powerful gangs in america i've invited the six bosses of these gangsters to a meeting here at half past two this afternoon i'll answer all your questions then goldfinger went out and shut the door bond walked through into tilly's room tilly had woken up and was putting her shoes on she didn't look very pleased to see bond he told her about goldfinger's plan to rob fort knox and that goldfinger wanted them to be his secretaries then he knocked on the door for our job and ordered some breakfast for tilly when our job came back with the food he was carrying a typewriter some paper and a page of instructions the instructions were to bond from goldfinger prepare ten copies of this agenda agenda for a meeting with helmut m springer the purple gang detroit jed midnight the shadow syndicate miami and havana billy ring the machine chicago jack strap the spangled mob las vegas mr solo yunione siciliano miss galore the cement mixers harlem in new york city chairman of the meeting mr gold mr gold secretaries jay bond and tilly masterton for a project to be called grand slam bond sat down at the typewriter and made 10 copies of the agenda he finished typing them by two o'clock and at twenty past two our job came to fetch bond in tilly they followed him along a passage and into the meeting room goldfinger sat with his back to the window a large round table was in front of him there were nine comfortable chairs round the table and in front of six of the chairs were pens notepads and small white parcels on one of the walls of the room there was a large blackboard below this there was a long table with bottles of champagne and dishes of caviar on it goldfinger told tilly to sit in the chair on his left and he told bond to sit in the chair on his right bond handed him the copies of the agenda miss masterton you will take notes at this meeting ordered goldfinger mr bond you will watch the people at the meeting very carefully if you think that any of these people won't work with me you must mark a cross against his or her name on the agenda who is miss galore asked bond she is the only woman who runs a gang in america she's the leader of a gang of women i shall need some women for my project a bell rang softly under the table the door at the end of the room opened and five men came in they walked to the table and sat down silently [Music] chapter 10 the meeting of the gangsters goldfinger spoke quietly welcome gentlemen he said my name is mr gold in each of the parcels on the table in front of you you will find a gold bar each bar is worth fifteen thousand dollars please accept these as gifts from me while we are waiting for miss galore let me introduce you to my secretaries mr bond and miss masterton mr bond on your right is mr jed midnight mr midnight was a heavy man with a red face and large intelligent eyes he was wearing a light blue suit a white silk shirt with pictures of green palm trees on it and a large gold watch next to mr midnight is mr billy ring from chicago said goldfinger billy ring was about 40 years old and had a face that was both ugly and evil someone had cut off his lower lip so that his mouth always had a wide horrible smile beside mr ring is mr helmut springer from detroit goldfinger said helmut springer's eyes were like cold pieces of pale blue glass he didn't seem very interested in bond goldfinger turned towards a big strong man with dark hair and a big nose welcome mr solo of the unione siciliano he said nodding at the fourth gang leader bond looked with interest at mr solo the head of the mafia in america mr solo was wearing large glasses and cleaning his fingernails with a knife and mr jack strap from las vegas said goldfinger looking at the fifth man jack strap was about 50 years old and had frightening cruel eyes he was wearing a suit of shiny material and he was smoking a large cigar the door opened and a tall slim woman in a black suit came in this was miss galore bond like the look of her she was about 30 and was very good looking with pale skin and short dark hair her beautiful eyes were a very unusual dark violet color she walked slowly down the room to the table and sat down beside mr strap good afternoon miss galore said goldfinger the agenda is in front of you together with a fifteen thousand dollar gold bar miss galore opened her parcel is this real gold she asked suspiciously she had a low attractive voice it's real replied goldfinger and now he continued i'll tell you why i've invited you all here this afternoon i've made a great amount of money about 60 million dollars in the last 20 years i've made this money in many different ways some projects have been legal many have been illegal but none of my projects have failed you are the best criminals in america i want you to work with me on the most valuable project i've ever organized project grand slam for one week's work you will each get one billion dollars everybody around the table was silent that's a lot of money said jed midnight at last how much will you get five billion dollars replied goldfinger 11 billion dollars in total said helmut springer there are only three depositories in the united states where such large amounts of money are kept are we going gonna rob one of these depositories and if so which one fort knox in kentucky replied goldfinger that's impossible said jed midnight no said goldfinger fort knox is just like a huge bank it's bigger and it has better protection than other banks but it's not impossible to break into it you just need a good plan but there are a lot of troops guarding fort knox said billy ring and these soldiers have a large number of weapons how can we get past them you're right mr ring said goldfinger about 60 000 people live in fort knox including approximately twenty thousand armed troops now listen to my plan goldfinger walked to the blackboard and pulled down a map of fort knox that was fixed above it he pointed to the left-hand corner of the map to the bullion depository as you'll see he said pointing to the map this is where the bullion is kept there is a railway line running through fort knox the track comes from louisville 35 miles to the north near the bullion depository there are some railway sightings the bullion from the capital washington is sent to fort knox sometimes the gold goes by rail and sometimes it is taken by trucks along this main road the dixie highway any questions there were none goldfinger turned back to the blackboard and pulled down a second map this was a plan of the gold vault inside this vault said goldfinger about 15 billion dollars worth of gold bars are kept now i'll tell you how we can break into the vault and steal them everybody was silent listening each of you will have to arrange how you're going to get your share of the gold away from fort knox continued goldfinger each of you will have to use your own trucks and drivers i'll be taking my shell away by train now goldfinger went on how do we get into fort knox my plan is to put a drug in the town's water supply this will make everyone in the area soldiers and civilians fall asleep for three days while they are asleep we'll steal the gold from the vault but how do we put the drug in the water supply asked chad midnight two of my staff have been invited to visit fort knox they'll meet the chief engineer who controls the water supply goldfinger replied my staff are pretending to be engineers from a japanese company which is planning to use the same water system in tokyo my man will take the drug to the meeting when the engineer isn't looking they'll put it into fort knox water supply that's very clever said mr jack strap looking at goldfinger and smiling how do we get into the town we'll travel on a special train from new york replied goldfinger there will be about 100 of us we'll be dressed as workers in an emergency team which has come to help the people of the town the ladies in miss galore's gang will be dressed as nurses when the train reaches louisville 35 miles from the depository goldfinger benton my assistant and i will enter the train driver's compartment we'll get rid of the train driver and i'll drive the train through fort knox to the sidings near the bullion depository by this time your trucks should be arriving too bodies of the sleeping people will be everywhere but we'll take no notice of them we'll place the trucks around the vault and go inside but how do we get inside the vault asked mr solo the door to the gold vault is extremely strong and it weighs 20 tons goldfinger bent down and took a large heavy box from beneath the table he carried it carefully and placed it on the table in front of the gangsters there is only one weapon that is powerful enough to open the gold vault he said i got this from a military base in germany it's an atomic bomb the faces of all the people around the table went pale with fear bond was shocked too goldfinger was a master criminal who didn't care about the lives of anyone don't worry said goldfinger the bomb is safe at the moment it won't explode here it's not activated yet what about fallout when the bomb explodes at the vault asked billy ring nervously there will be very little fallout said goldfinger carelessly after the bomb explodes we will give protection suits to the men who enter the building these suits will protect them from any fallout what about the sleeping people asked mr solo we'll move as many people as possible to a safe place before the bomb explodes said goldfinger bond didn't believe that goldfinger would move the sleeping people barnes suspected that the drug and the water supply would kill the people not make them fall asleep goldfinger was only interested in stealing the gold he wasn't interested in saving people's lives now if there are no more questions said goldfinger i want to know if you'll work with me on this project mr midnight yes or no mr gold said midnight you're the greatest criminal that i've ever met i'll be delighted to work with you thank you mr midnight and you mr ring a billion dollars is a lot of money said billy ring yes my gang and i will work with you good said goldfinger mr solo yes replied mr solo i'm with you goldfinger looked at jack strap are you with us mr strep he asked yes me and my man will work with you replied the gangster from las vegas thank you said goldfinger and you miss galore yes said pussycalor my girls and i need the money we'll work with you excellent said goldfinger and what about you mr springer mr springer stood up slowly and looked round the table mr gold he said i'm afraid that the purple gang of detroit won't work on this project good afternoon gentlemen and madam springer turned and walked towards the door barn saw goldfinger's hand move under the table he pressed the bell bond guessed that goldfinger was signaling to our job how about a drink said mr midnight everybody got up and walked over to the table where the drink and food were prepared bond poured champagne into glasses for himself galore and tilly masterton goldfinger has been very clever in this meeting thought bond he's persuaded almost all of the gang leaders to join his project suddenly the door opened and one of goldfinger's korean staff walked in he went up the goldfinger and whispered something to him goldfinger looked serious gentlemen and madam he said sadly i have received some terrible news mr helmut springer has had an accident he fell down the stairs as he was leaving the building he died at once everybody in the room stared at goldfinger goldfinger had signaled to odd job because the boss of the purple gang would not work on project grand slam goldfinger had given our job a secret order to kill mr springer bond was sure of this goldfinger was a murderer and he would kill anyone who didn't agree with him and soon he was going to murder 60 000 people in fort knox too after the gang leaders left barnes spoke to goldfinger goldfinger you'll never succeed with this crazy plan you'll never be able to get the gold out of fort knox so sixty thousand people will die for nothing mr bond said goldfinger i have planned everything very carefully i need these gang leaders and their people for the robbery but i don't care what happens to them after that a soviet ship will be waiting for me i'll take my gold to the ship by train i'll take the gold out of america to the soviet union so goldfinger is planning a huge robbery with these gang leaders thought bond but the gangsters don't realize that he's working for an enemy like smash they think that he's just an ordinary criminal like themselves perhaps some of the gangsters would be caught or killed bond and tilly would probably die too but goldfinger would not care goldfinger's korean and german staff would sail to the ussr in the ship with their boss it was a terrible perfect plan and there was only one man who could stop goldfinger that man was agent double07 james bond but how could bond stop him [Music] chapter 11 the richest man in the world the next day goldfinger gave bond and tilly a lot of work to do they had to prepare maps timetables and lists as they worked our job guarded them carefully at the end of the day bond received a note from goldfinger it said at 11 am tomorrow the five gang leaders and myself will take a plane trip we are going to fly over fort knox to study the positions of the buildings and roads the plane will be flown by my pilots you will come with us miss masterton will stay here g bond sat and thought finally he took a sheet of paper and typed out the details of the robbery of fort knox he rolled the paper into a tiny cylinder then he took another sheet of paper and typed this message urgent there will be a reward of five thousand dollars for the person who delivers this message to felix leiter at pinkerton's detective agency 154 nassau street new york bond rolled the message around the cylinder of paper and wrote five thousand dollars reward in red ink on the outside then he wrapped sticky tape around the message on the cylinder he stuck the paper cylinder to his leg with more sticky tape the next day bond went in the plane with goldfinger odd job and the five gang leaders they flew over fort knox to study the plan of the town as the plane was flying back to new york bond went into the toilet he knew that this was his only opportunity to try and stop goldfinger bond knew that after the plane landed cleaners would come and clean the toilet so he took the paper cylinder off his leg and stuck it under the seat of the toilet the words five thousand dollars reward were very clear and a cleaner would see it immediately odd job was waiting outside the toilet when bond came out our job pushed past him and looked suspiciously around inside the small room but he didn't lift the toilet seat he came out again and shut the door when bond walked past her galore looked at him thoughtfully during the next three days bond felt very nervous he kept thinking again and again about the message under the toilet seat had anyone found it would they believe the message or perhaps the plane hadn't been cleaned yet bond thought about what would happen if the message was delivered to felix leiter felix would fly to washington and contact the fbi and the army perhaps he would even talk to the president of the united states they would stop goldfinger's plans but nothing happened then in the afternoon of the day before the robbery bond received another note from goldfinger it said the first part of project grand slam has been successful get on the train at midnight bring copies of all the maps timetables and lists g that evening goldfinger bond tilly and the gangsters met at pennsylvania station ring midnight strap solo and their men were dressed as medical workers galore and her girls were dressed as nurses goldfinger tilly and bond was dressed as doctors the superintendent of the station approached goldfinger dr gold he said i'm afraid that there's bad news from fort knox all trains are being stopped at louisville but don't worry we'll get you and your emergency team there what's happened to the people at fort knox what illness do they have we don't know yet that's what we have to find out said goldfinger in a gentle voice but we believe that it's very dangerous well good luck doctor said the superintendent everyone is very proud of you and your emergency team thank you superintendent said goldfinger he moved away and gave orders for the gangs to board the train bond was put in a train compartment with tilly they were guarded by goldfinger's korean and german staff as galore walked through the compartment where bond and tilly were sitting she stopped by bond seat for a few seconds her dark violet eyes stared into his gray blue eyes mr barne she whispered if anything goes wrong with this plan i'm sure that you'll know why then she walked on it was a long and difficult journey some of the employees of the railway were still on the train so the gangsters couldn't drink whiskey or smoke cigarettes or start fights they had to behave well and pretend to be medical staff until they reached fort knox bond thought again and again about the drug in the water supply had the people of fort knox drunk the water where sixty thousand people already dead or had felix slighter got bonds message bond knew what he must do he must get close to goldfinger and kill him at six o'clock the next morning the train reached louisville goldfinger said that there were not enough protection suits for everyone so all the railways employees left the train except for the driver a few minutes later bond felt the train almost stop then start again he knew that goldfinger had killed the driver goldfinger was now driving the train himself then mr strap came hurrying through barnes compartment we arrive in ten minutes he ordered put on your protective equipment bond went to the toilet and closed the door he removed the small knife from the heel of his shoe and pushed it into the belt of his trousers ten minutes later the train began passing houses on the edge of fort knox bodies were lying everywhere on the ground no one was moving the people didn't look as if they were asleep they looked as if they were dead those poor people said mr billy ring and laughed the train continued on slowly and barnes saw more and more bodies of men women and children he looked carefully to see if any of them were moving but they weren't there was no sound at all at last the train stopped at the sidings near the bullion depository all the leaders of the gangs and their people were wearing their protective equipment the doors of the train opened and different groups of men and women got down onto the platform one group of men the assault group was carrying the atomic bomb the five gang leaders were in the command group with goldfinger odd job bond and tilly goldfinger ordered them to climb onto the roof of the first train carriage from this position they could watch the assault group running towards the bullion depository they've gone through the gates said mr jack strap excitedly bond looked and saw an extraordinary sight in the middle of a large field was the huge building of the gold vault hundreds of bodies were lying on the ground around the vault the soldiers were still holding their weapons everything was very quiet trucks belonging to each gang were waiting on the roads at the edge of the field bond looked at the bodies on the ground were any of the soldiers alive none of them moved the assault group was moving towards the main door of the vault goldfinger looked at bond his pale blue eyes were shining with triumph i was right and you were wrong mr bond soon i will be the richest man in the world and then we will say goodbye thank you for the help which you and miss masterton have given me bond knew that he and tilly were not important to goldfinger anymore very soon goldfinger was going to give an order and bond and tilly would be killed but bond had decided that whatever happened to him he would kill goldfinger first suddenly bond saw something moving high in the sky above them it was a helicopter and it was flying fast towards the depository then everything happened at once the dead soldiers suddenly jumped up from the ground and pointed their weapons at the assault group now troops were guarding the door of the vault again a loud voice came from a loudspeaker in the helicopter it gave the order stand where you are drop your weapons but then the shooting started bond grabbed tilly's hand and jumped down from the roof of the train carriage onto the platform he heard goldfinger shouting to our job get bond and the girl kill them our job started running down the platform run tilly run shouted bond he began pulling tilly along the platform but she let go of his hand and tried to climb into one of the carriages of the train bond stopped took the knife out of his trouser belt and turned towards our job our job stopped running pulled off his bowler hat and threw it at tilly it struck her on the neck without a sound she fell backwards onto the platform in front of him our job leapt towards bond and tried to kick him but tilly was in his way and he missed bond bond swung his knife at our job but the korean knocked it out of his hand our job leapt had bond again his feet struck bond's shoulder and bond fell to the ground a powerful kick had sent a terrible pain through bond's body for a few seconds bond closed his eyes and waited for oddjob's next kick but nothing happened suddenly bond heard the sound of three long loud blasts from the train's horn and he looked up to his surprise he saw odd job running away from him he was running along the platform towards the train the train had begun to move odd job caught up with it jumped up into a carriage and disappeared inside bond stood up holding his painful shoulder suddenly he heard a shout behind him he turned and saw felix lighter running towards him the fbi agent was wearing a military uniform bond walked along the platform he was very happy to see his good friend again so you got my message about goldfinger's plan said bond yes said felix smiling we arrested the members of goldfinger's staff who were going to put the drug in the water supply but we wanted a trap goldfinger too we had found out about his plan but we didn't want him to suspect anything so we pretended that everyone in fort knox had drunk the water and died but goldfinger has escaped said bond he's driving the train our job and the gang leaders are with him one of our planes is above the train now replied felix it'll follow the train we'll catch goldfinger thank you for saving my life said bond but i'm afraid that it's too late to save tilly masterton he walked with felix to where tilly was lying on the ground the girl's neck was broken and she was dead bond stood and looked down at her he felt sad as he remembered the proud pretty girl in her triumph sports car chapter 12 goldfinger's last flight two days later felix slighter was driving bond to idlewild airport in new york m had told barn to return to the secret service headquarters so bond was catching the next plane to london what's happened to goldfinger asked bond we don't know said felix my man caught up with the train but there was no one on it goldfinger and odd job had got off somewhere so had the gang leaders we don't know where they went bond wasn't happy about the way that the mission had ended the robbery of fort knox had been stopped but bond hadn't caught goldfinger and he hadn't got the bank of england's gold back the five gang leaders had also escaped two english girls jill and tilly masterdon had been murdered and goldfinger was still free when they got to idlewild bond said goodbye to felix and went inside the airport he had some time before his flight departed so he planned to have a drink and do some shopping suddenly he heard an announcement from the loudspeaker system well mr james bond a passenger on boac flight number 510 to london please come to the boac ticket counter bond walked across to the ticket counter please can i see your health certificate said the official behind the desk bond took out his certificate from his passport and handed it to the official i'm very sorry sir said the man but your flight is going via gander in canada your plane has to land there to get fuel we've been told that there's a case of typhoid at gander the authorities have given an order all passengers traveling via gander must have protection from typhoid you must have an injection bond hated injections he looked around the area near the boac departuregate it was empty this was strange where are the other passengers he asked they're having their injections now said the official pointed behind the desk please follow me sir it will only take a minute all right bond stepped behind the ticket counter and followed the man through a door into an office a doctor was waiting there he was dressed in a white coat and he was holding a needle and syringe please take off your jacket and pull up the sleeve of your shirt he said to bond a minute later bond felt the sharp needle go into his arm as the doctor gave him the injection thanks barn said he pulled down his sleeve and tried to pick up his jacket but he couldn't reach it his hand went down down towards the floor and his body followed down down down when bond woke up he was in a plane with lots of empty seats all the lights were on inside the plane outside the sky was dark bond looked down at his arms his hands were tied to his seat what had happened bond glanced to his right and got a terrible shock odd job was sitting there and he was dressed in a boac airline uniform when our job saw that bond was awake he rang a bell a minute later galore appeared she was also wearing a boac airline uniform hi handsome she said what's going on asked bond in astonishment don't get excited she said smiling she walked slowly past him and disappeared into the cockpit a few minutes later goldfinger came out of the cockpit and walked towards bond he was wearing a boac airline pilot's uniform well mr bond he said i made a big mistake about you i should have killed you and the girl when i had the opportunity and now i have a lot of questions to ask you i'll answer your questions goldfinger said bond but first untie my hands and bring me some bourbon whiskey all right said goldfinger our job untie mr barnes hands ring the bell to call miss galore then get into the seat in front of mr bond you must not let him get past you to the cockpit of the plane a few minutes later galore brought bond a glass of whiskey goldfinger sat in the seat opposite bond and waited for him to speak bond picked up his glass suddenly he saw a small piece of paper stuck to the bottom of the glass quickly he drank all the whiskey and read the words through the bottom of the glass i want to work with you love pee now then goldfinger said bond turning to look at the red-haired master criminal what happened and where are we going i left the train at the siding where three of my trucks were waiting said goldfinger one truck was carrying all my gold bullion which i had taken out of the bank in new york i shot all the gang leaders except miss galore goldfinger continued then i called moscow and spoke to my friends in smersh i believe that you know them i told them what had happened they recognized your name mr bond they told me that you are agent 07 a member of the british secret service then i understood everything very clearly my friends want to ask you many questions goldfinger went on so i decided to bring you to the soviet union my german employees are pilots they tied up the boac staff at idlewild airport and we changed clothes with them it was easy to trick you and give you an injection then we stole the boac plane loaded all the gold bullion into it and took off now we are on our way to moscow goldfinger smiled but his eyes were cold and cruel mr bond we have made a bargain he said sharply now you must tell me everything who ordered you to follow me and how are you able to destroy my plans bond told goldfinger some of the truth but he didn't tell him everything so you see goldfinger you only just escaped he said at last if tilly masterton hadn't gone to geneva my mission would have succeeded the police would have caught you and you would be in prison now goldfinger went back into the cockpit and the plane flew on over the dark land galore broadband a plate of sandwiches he was hungry and ate them quickly she'd put a white napkin under the sandwiches inside the napkin bond found a pen was working with him most of the lights inside the plane had now been turned off bond sat and thought as fast as he could goldfinger must not escape again he said to himself the plane mustn't reach moscow it must make an emergency landing but how can i make goldfinger land the plane perhaps i can start a fire then suddenly bond had a plan it was a mad frightening terrible idea he didn't know if the plan would work but it was his only chance he wrote a message on the white napkin when galore walked past his seat he dropped the napkin onto the floor picked it up and read the message i've thought of a plan go and sit down fasten your seatbelt love jay good luck handsome said softly and she kissed him then she walked to her seat near the cockpit our job was sitting in the seat in front of bond bond could see the koreans face reflected in the window next to the seat our job wasn't asleep he was staring straight ahead and his powerful hands were on his knees bond was waiting for our job to become tired and sleep but our job didn't move one hour passed then two bond pretended to fall asleep himself he made a soft noise through his nose then at last odd job turned his head and moved in his seat so that he was more comfortable this was the opportunity that bond had been waiting for quietly he took the small knife out from the heel of his shoe then very very slowly he moved his hand towards the window next to our job holding his seat belt tightly with one hand and the knife in the other bond pointed the knife at the center of the window suddenly he struck the center of the window with the knife immediately there was a bang and a loud whistling noise the air in the plane began to rush out through the hole in the window suddenly our job's body was pulled violently towards the hole the air was rushing out of the broken window with a terrible force and it was taking our job's body with it there was a crash as our job's head went through the window and his shoulders hit the window frame then our job's whole body was pulled slowly out of the plane his chest went through then his stomach and his legs bond held onto his seatbelt with all his strength the huge plane went into a steep dive and began to fall bond heard the scream of the engines as the plane went down faster and faster plates glasses papers and pillows disappeared out through the broken window now there wasn't enough oxygen inside the plane and bond couldn't breathe in a few seconds he became unconscious bond woke up when someone kicked him hard he cried out in pain and he tasted blood in his mouth the person's foot struck bond's chest and then his stomach bond opened his eyes all the lights were on and the plane and it was very cold goldfinger was standing overbond his face was angry and cruel he was pointing a small gun at bond bond grabbed goldfinger's foot and pulled it violently to one side goldfinger screamed in pain and fell to the floor bond leapt onto goldfinger and closed his fingers around goldfinger's throat at the same time goldfinger closed his own fingers around barn's throat bond pressed his hands together as hard as he could he felt the terrible strength of goldfinger's hands around his own neck who would die first goldfinger or him goldfinger's large face was becoming red and a terrible noise was coming out of his mouth at last his hands around bond's throat became weaker then he made a final terrible noise and lay still he'd stopped breathing he was dead bond stood up slowly goldfinger's small gun was lying on the floor bond picked it up and walked towards the cockpit galore was fastened in her seat by her seat belt but she was unconscious bond got down onto his knees beside her he blew air into pussy's mouth until she was conscious and breathing normally again then he opened the door of the cockpit inside the cockpit there were five men they were all members of goldfinger's german staff bond pointed the gun at the frightened men goldfinger is dead said bond loudly if anyone moves or disobeys an order i'll kill him pilate what's our position the pilot told bond that they were flying over the atlantic ocean towards the coast of canada but he also said that they didn't have enough fuel to reach an airport in canada bonds knew that they were all in terrible danger the plane would have to land in the sea he sent out a call on the radio the message said that the plane would be making an emergency landing into the sea the men on a weather ship in the atlantic heard his call they told him that they would fire flares when the pilot saw the flares he could guide the plane down to the position of the weathership as soon as the plane hits the water bond told the five men in the cockpit i'll open the doors so that you can get out but if you try to leave the cockpit before then i'll shoot you bond stepped backwards out of the cockpit and closed the door he went to galore and told her what was going to happen they both put on life jackets and he told her to kneel down on the floor with her head on the seat then bond got down on his knees too and held her body tightly against his own the plane crashed into the sea at about a hundred miles an hour as it hit the water it broke in two pieces bond and were thrown out of the plane and into the ice-cold sea the weight of the heavy gold bullion on board the plane quickly pulled it down to the bottom of the atlantic ocean and bond were the only people to escape from the plane they floated in the cold water until men from the weather ship came to rescue them the five german men in the cockpit were carrying bags of gold and the weight of the bullion pulled them down to the bottom of the ocean bond and were given a wonderful welcome on the weathership but before they were taken to their cabins to rest bond had answered a lot of questions he'd also spoken to em on the ship's radio after he'd spoken to his boss bond had walked slowly to his cabin he'd taken a hot shower and put on dry clothes now he was feeling very tired he was lying on the bed in his cabin drinking whiskey suddenly the door opened and came in she was wearing only a large grey woolen jersey she no longer looked like a tough gangster she looked like a young girl bond looked at her pale beautiful face and her violet eyes and smiled you need some tlc he said what's tlc tender loving care i'd like that said she pushed bonds black hair off his face and looked into his gray blue eyes when is it going to start now said bond and kissed her hard on the mouth [Music] you

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Published: Mon Feb 15 2021