Audiobook - Adult - Edward Baker-Duly

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Edward Baker, Julie Extract from Antony Horowitz's trigger mortis. He reached the green door that stood one from the end and opened it without knocking. It led into the office off Miss Moneypenny, M's private secretary. She was watering a potted plant. Anis, Buddhist ra. That was a recent addition to a desk, and she looked up and smiled. She liked Bond, and she didn't mind that he knew it. You never told me you had green fingers, Penny Bond said. I wish I didn't. She scowled. It was my birthday last week. I notice, incidentally, that I didn't get anything from you. Well, what do you give a girl who has everything? Not a potted plant. Some of the other secretaries club together, and I put it here in case they lookin. But I keep hoping it'll die. Then why you watering it? I'm overwatering it. I'm trying to drown the bloody thing, but it doesn't seem to care. She put the watering can down. You are to go straight in. Bond went through the adjoining door, closing it behind him. M was sitting hunched over his desk, a pipe resting in one hand, the other holding a fountain pen, which scratched noisily across the bottom of a sheet of paper coloured pink for most immediate as he upended his signature. He was not alone. Bill Tanner, his chief of staff, was with him and nodded. His bond came in a signal, perhaps, that this was not a life and death situation. War hadn't been declared. The atmosphere in the big square room, with its dark green carpet and desk centrally placed, was relaxed, almost informal. Bond have known it otherwise. Come in, granted. M take a seat. I'll be with you in a minute. He signed a second document and slit both of them into his out trey. Then, noticing that his pipe had gone out, he tempt the tobacco with his thumb and littered again. Finally, he looked up with clear grey eyes that demanded absolute loyalty and which would know instantly those who could not deliver it. I seem to recall he used to be interested in motor racing, done any lately. Bond was taken unawares, but he was careful not to show it. When I am asked your question, he expected an answer, Not another question. Nothing serious, sir, he said. But I like to keep an eye on the form. Well, then you know all about this Russian racer they've turned out. Understand? They're running it for the first time on that German track, the Nurburgring, in the European Championship.