‘JAMES BOND EWC Ce Uae Pema uur 4IAN FLEMING. Diamonds Are Forever Retold by John EscottFring Er: Jb Mine “The Macmillan Renken provide a chace of enorble reading ‘eal fo: eae ef Engl The srs ube ae evel Soeen Beginner Hemet, Pelnetedie, edt nd Uppet eye Cnt Tefoates scr and weekly ae conelled 1 mit he seen siya each eve “The number of wordt cach el Sane a 300 ase wade Begins | abu 0 se wor eee reineemedane [abo 1400 bas words Tesemedare [abou 1600 bas words Unger suk 200 bse word Yocstlary ‘Se lat mode and phases bok ar import fe Cientanding he soy Sane othe work are ean in he ‘Sy sume a shown nthe pttey and dhe ze marked wah ‘Titer ike dh. Wort th» umber re elaine i he Glin sede end the bk Ananer Keys ‘Anne Ke he Po fr Undorng and Enrses sections nT ula snacmlnenlohcomfeade Contents A Note Ajo The Author ‘ANote Abou Tis Sry ‘The Pepe Ie Thi Story 1 The Beginning ofthe Pipeline 2 James Bond ~ Secret Agent 5 The House of Diamonds 44 Tillany Case 5 A Bad Traveller 6 Shady Tee 7 Beli Leiter 8 A Waming fom Tiny 9 A Fas Hore 10 The Race UL Mud Baths 12 Las Veg 13 An lnteresing Bening 14 Gunfight! 15 Spectreville 16 The Cannonball 17 On the Queen Ezabech 18 Dead Men Can'e Speak 19 The End ofthe Prpeline Points for Undersaning Glos EversA Note About The Author fan Lancarer Fleming was hom on the 28¢h of May 1908 in Canterbury, England. He wat a newspaper journalist and A writer, He cated one ofthe mom famous characters In twenveth-cntury feel ~ Jes Bord. Tan Fleming wor educated at Eton ~ 9 famous schol for boys After be eft Eton, he rsined t bea solder. He oaly stayed in thi jo fora shot tne. He then went to Europe ‘dy language at Munich and Geneva universities, Feng’ ejb wasn journalin- From 1929 1933, he -wotked in Moscow fora news ageny eae Reus. this jo, Fleming heard about Soviet pies who sold government secre tw other countries. Fleming sent reports about these spies [Reuters in London, He retored to Lorn i 1933, Tn the Second Wold War (1939-1945), Fleming was an cofce atthe headquarters! of the Beith Navy. Here, he lear {le about spying. After the war, Fleming wotked for The ‘Sieckay Tames newspaper eming decided tobecomea wrterduringche war Hewrote about spies and dangerous erminals In 1952, he fished his frat novel In the sme eat, he ared Anne Rothermere, Fleming’ se nvel~ Casino Royle was about handsome Bakish sere agent called James Bond. Bond was 2 spy who loved women, fet cary and good food and dink. He war well pid because his Job was very dangerous. James Bond had a "Teen to Kall. Somecimes he was a kill his enemies (Casino Royle war very succes and the advencures of James Bond, agent number O07, became very popula. When Fleming died en the 12th of August 1964, more than fry rillon copies of the James Bood Hooks had been sold. The books are Casino Royale (1953), Live and Ler Die (1954), ‘Moomale (1955), Diamonds Ane Forver (1956), From Rusia 4 ‘Wik Lowe (1959), Decor No (1958), Gelfnger (1959), For Your Eyes Only (1960), Thue (1561), The Sp Who Loved ‘Me (1962), On Her Mayes Serer Sec (1983), Yu Oni ive Twice (1964), The Man With he Golden Gis (1965) end (Gets and Te Living Dag (1966) ‘The fie Tan Fleming book tbe made into afi was Dr No, The fim war frst shown in 1962 and stated the actor ‘Sean Cannery. Diamonds Are Forever was made ito linn 1971 way he seventh Bond lim made, and wes the lst one to sar Sean Connery. The Bond Sls continue to be huge ineerational successes. Millon of people al over the wold Ihave seen and loved the films A Note About This Story Diamonds Are Freer takes place inthe 1950s. At thie vime, ‘amon smualing was ust bepining tobe a big problem in the West Aftcan country of Sera Leone. Sierra Leone is 08 the Atlin cout and borders the counties of Guinea an eri. Together with cafes and cocoa, diamonds are ove of the countrys min export other counties Ta Fleming wee very interested in diamond sougsling. ane the wrote book about ie calle The Dismond Smug. The amond Smuggler tells ate tory about diamond smugaing in Aca, The typeof smuggling sill happens today ‘The Mata (ometimes called Core Nowra) is secret riminal ogmiztion. Te beg in Sic in the 19° ceneuy ‘Ae that ee millions of Silian apd Helin people were Teaving tly au Silly co go and live and workin the United ‘Searen The Mas came wih them. Today, "he Maa sally ean Kalan orgenined rime Tes swolved in many criminal sess, for example drugs, gambling and compote crime 5mie Cars The People In This Story Wat Wine) 1 The Beginning of the Pipeline The large bush stood in the moonlight atthe meeting place ‘of ehree Afcan counties The man frm the diamond snines had waited under the bush for nearly wo. hos Suddenly he ead else of ahelicopter He looked up and se coming towards him fom the et He wated ‘When the helicopter was just above che ground an arm came out. A torch! switched on and of, dota, dhe mee ‘ode! for the letter A. The diamond smugser flashed back ‘Band C, and the helicopter cae down safely: Afer afew ‘moments trengine was sent. The plor opened the door and climbed down tothe ground. The other man walked across to bin. "You'e lat again he said “Thad engine problems sid the pilot. Well if you've got ft lett have ‘Theman from the dlamnd minesreached into hisshitrand took outa packet He gave tthe pilot. The pilot dropped ‘the packer ino the pocket of his shirt, Things ave geting dct at che nines a he damnond snugper “A man ha come from London. His name Silos ‘The Diamond Corporation has ent him. Some of my men ate afrid. One day one of dem i going wo alk "Do you want me oe this to ABC? anked the ile "Yes" sid the ache man. "They must know abot Silioe. (Our mines ate losing more than wo milion pounds 2 year -bcoie ofsmgling. The Corporation want he goverment ros fe And that cans stp me" “What do you wane asked the pls, More money? 1res Bnd Seo Aine Yes! anawerod the dlamond smuggler "Tl yas the mesage onto Day si the plot.“ theyre iegerested. they send ion to London. Bt dont push them too hard, Already the men have ded inthe lst twelve months in “aceldene” Two were stealing diamonds fom the pockets The other man ted to run tay" Fora moment, he two men Looked lene ac each othe in the mooalght Then the plo climbed up into the elcoper. "Tsee you ina month he ad The diamond smarler watched che helicopee fy away co the eae With went the diamonds, which would be old for tne hundred thous pounds His men had stolen them om ‘he mines during the past month The danond smugler got on his motorcjle and rode off towanis Sierra sone. He rodefas towards thefills Away form the gre bus, where the pipeline’ for the richest diamond Smugling operation inthe world began. And che end? Five ‘hous les say, round dhe necks of ich women, 2 James Bond - Secret Agent® Comps Jang Bo of the Beth Set Sere Picked up the dimond fom the desk and held ian font ofthe des lamp le was ll handsome man, with ble eyes tne dark ha He wore an expensive dark blue sutanda white ‘hire Bond looked carefully a¢ the diamond. Tt was a carat’ snd is many colours shone igh inthe ight“ beotifal Bond sid M, Head of the Bist Secret Service, moved his hand towards pil of pape packets on the dese in front of him, He ‘pened a pocket and pushed it acres to Bond. "Whacyou'e loking ais the best ~a "Fine Blue white"? the sid. For the nent fifeen minutes, M showed Bord many dlferenckindsofdiawonds. Finally hesatbeck ins chat. He leaked worried. Niney percent of ll diamond sales happen Thee in London, hea Tevbig bases Afy lion ponds year, But ewo milion pounds worth of diamonds are being Snag ou of Afica every year We think theyre going t ‘America To American gan of eriminal™” "Why don't the mining companies sop i”anes Bod —Secet Agee “They've tried, but they can't: And the Government thinks that dhe problem ito bg fra lc of separate mining ‘Companies sid M. "There's «bag packet of smuggled stones tn London atthe momen. They waiting to go to America, ‘Spec Branch’ know the natn of the carer who} pong to take them there. They lio kaow who's going to be watching im "Why don't Special Branch of MIS stop chem? asked "Because that won't atop the smuggling” replied M. "The cares never tlle And they probably know nothing Atmporeant Tey ge the diamond rom aman hee, then hand then. oanather man when they get tothe other side. Weneed to follow the pipeline eo America and see where it goes over there. Andthe FIP won'tbe much help to us saver stall part oftheir ight with the big ange: Have you heard of "he Howe of Dimond” "Yen sid Bond. ‘The big Amevican jewelles. They're om West 46® Steet in New York and the Rose de Rivlin Pars" “They've gota sal place in Landon, toy sid M, ‘ln Hatta Garden, They wer once verybighuyersache monthly foes of che Diamand Corporation. Now they'e buying es fn les. Bur they selling more and more. So where are hey feting thei dsmonds? The main man in London is Ruf B Save" “What do we know about him? asked Bond ‘Not much sud M. Te hae funch everyday at the American Cub in Pieaily, Doesa'edrnk or stoke. Lives at the Savoy Hoce” "So, what do you wane me to do? atked Bond. Mooked at his watch, "You have a mecting with Ronnie Vallance a Scotland Yard in an hour Hes going to put you ‘nto the pipeline inthe place ofthe catiez™ "And then? sad Bond 0 The Hows of Demons “And then you're going to smuggle those diamonds into ‘America’ said'M. ‘You're going to be fecing the Mafa end ‘heir American gangs, amas And youll be on your ow” 3 The House of Diamonds 40 celock, Bond was looking at to photographs in the fice of Assistant Commisoner Vallance of Scotland Yard, They showed adrkchated, handsome young man. "Hes Peer Franks sid Vallance. "You look abit ike hi ‘Similar exogh fool someone wh only got his desertion. He sapidly talked abou hij ta gi ma Soho club. The ‘nel was secrely working for us She smeditely tld us about it Franks ha een contacted byaeendof a eiend and agreed to doa smugaling jb to America foc ve thousand dlrs: My ‘asked hm fe ad the diamonds: He sid no, bu hat his ‘next job was to contact the "ua "When? asked Bond “Pivegclock omortow evening, in herroom atthe Taaae Palace Hoel. A gl called Case: She was going to tell his what edo ad goto America with him "Do these smgeers aly go pi? atked Bond "es the person carrying the dammends sever fully rusted’ said Vallance. He gor up from his dsk and started to wal tp ard down the room. The dimonds cern come fe ‘Arca, Probably fom Sie Leone, where ou fiend Slice tetnvestigting” Then the stones may get out trough Liberia for French Guinea Then into France, And becaute thi packet fas arived in Londony we think that London is pat of the pipeline too" 1‘The Howe of Danonds Vallance ropped walking and turned 19 Bond, We know that this packer fom its way to America Bue whac happens there! We don't know, How wae this ive ehousand dolls. te paid to Peter Franks? Who by! We need anmvers to these ‘questions, You need to ge pst the man who pays you. You ‘eed to go futher up the pipeline towards the big men” "OK, id Bod. “Were going to get Franks chis evening said Vallance “Then you can make contact with Miss Case "Does she know anything about Franks” ‘Only hit description and his name, said Vallance. She probably won't even know the man who contacted him. Brerbody does jrt one job. es safer that way i soething ses one "What do you know ahout che woman” asked Bond “Age ewenty seven. She was hom in San Francisco. She's rot marsed. Shes been over here twelve eines in the last hee years. Maybe more often, using a diferent name. She aye stays at the Trafalgar Palace. The boel detective sys that she doesnt go out och. She never stays moce than weeks You nea ta havea good sory about why yu doing thisjo ‘Bond chought for # moment. What about this House of Diamond” "checked on Saye said Vallance. ‘American. Age forty five, Diamond merchant®. He goes to Pars lo ~ once a ‘month forthe ls thee years He probably gota gi there. {Goand havea look athe place and ahi.” He picked wp one of the phooes on his desk. ‘Send up Dankwacity he said into “And Lobinire. Then get me the House of Diamonds on te telephone Wallance walked acros tthe window and loked ut ‘Afra momen, there was 2 knock at the doce. small man ‘ame in He had ple face ane was wearing glass, n Te Haw of Pianos ‘Good, afiemeon, Sergeant.” said Vallance. "This is ‘Commander Bond of the Ministry of Defence” I wane yu to take him to the House of Diamonds in Haron Garden Hell be "Sergeant James”. Youll see Mr Saye, the top ma there. You sy that you think the diamonds fom that Ascoe robbery areon ther way to Argentina through America, Yu" tok Sae fies head anything about ther oma his New York ‘fice. Any questions? 'No, Sit’ sad Sergeant Dankwaers ‘A moment later, another an cae ino the roo. He was camping a sal eae ‘Good afternoon, Sergeant Lobinire id Vallance. ‘Come ans look acy end" "The sergeant stood cote ro Bond and looked very caeflly ax is fae fora minute. Who is he gong tobe, Sr? he asked Vallance ‘Sergeant James one of Sergeant Dankwaets' men. Only forthiee hou. All ght? Lbiniete tok Bond toa chair by the window and opened his case. For che next ten minutes, he woeked on Bonds face tnd baie, Bond lstened wo Vallance speak tothe House of Diamonds onthe telephone "Two of my men wil be calling gt 3.30 pr’ Vllance was saying, They need no more han ten minutes of Me Saye time. Yes Thane you. Goodbye Lbiniete held up pocket mirror in fon of Bond. Bord looked int it And he sw someone who certainly din lok ke James Bond ‘The waiting room at the House of Diamonds was quiet; except for the sound ofa wall clock, Thee was a thick red taper on the floor. In the cent was a round table and fx armchairs. Bond essed that they had com a least a thousand pounds B‘The House of Diamonds Bone and Sergeant Dankwaertsanin achat and waied silently Dakss was reading 2 copy ofthe Diznond News Sudeiy the door opened anda big, dark man stepped in nd Tooked qucklyat cach of them. "My tame f Saye? he said ina cold voice. What do you ‘Dankoaers walked round Saye and closed the door behind hrm, ‘im. Sergeant Dankorerts of the Special Branch of ‘Scotland Yor he sa, calmly "Thies Sergeant Jas. We'e Iccking fr information on the theft! of some diamonds. You maybe able whelp us" ‘While Dankwaeres told his tor, Bond loked ctefully et Me Saye He war large man witha square face and shore, back hair His lps were a thin straight ine. He wore a black Suit white shite and thin blak ie. Bond decided hae Saye ‘wae a hard cold heared man. "vad hes are the tones we'e interested in Dankwaets seas finishing he story “Have any of them come though your Company here or in New York "No, they havens said Saye. He eumed a opened the oor bhind him. Now, good fternoon, gentlemen.” Ars he sled ot ofthe com. ‘Some mines Ines, Dankwserts was driving towards Boos fac nea the King’s Road. "Di you gee what you wanted, Sie” he sake Bond. "Tr not re exactly what I wanted said Bord, Bat | was lad to havea Took at Refs B. Saye, He doesn’ look ike a Shimon eperchane "Hes not a diamond merchant, Six) sid Dankosers, smiling, “Tread out lit of missing tones T mentioned a ‘Yellow Premier and two Cape Unions ‘Yor ‘There are no donde with those names. And Saye dn’. Ienow that 1" if Tiffany Case ond knocked on the door of rom 350 of the Trailer Palace Hove, "Come in sida woman vole He walked Ineo the small living room and shut the door behind him, "Lock it sld she voice Itcame fom the bedroom. Bond locked the Joor and walked acrons dhe mile of the oom, past the bedroom doot *Siedown sald the woee Bond sled and sain an arochsirnext toa desk He could Just see her chrough the open door She was geting dese Afr afew minutes, Tiany Case came out ofthe bedroom. ‘She was very beautiful ith Blde hair and blue eyes She was rested ina back sie anda pren shire. She wore am expensive gold watch on her ar, an large diamond rng on the chird Anger of er righ hand. "So yout Feter Frank! she said ‘To Tiny Case. Why id you decide to do this ob? They told me that you wee & bul” “Lam,'said Bood, Something went wrong on job, There ‘was an argument and a penon died” “Aa ow you wart to leave the county’ she si. “Thats right An I need the money” ‘Wer ae you ging to cary the one she ad, Do vyouhave any ideas" “L thought pehaps the handles” ofa sutease would be a ‘ood plac sald Bond. Yes "No because the customs! men think the same thing she said. ‘Do you play gl?” 5ier af mises, Tiny Cas came ou of te bao, ‘She wa ery Bout, wih Bonde ar nd bu es Yes sad Bond "Which golf alld yoy use? She took pec of paper and a pen from the desk “Theyre called Dunlop 65 std Bond ‘OK. Have you got a passport she shod “Tava Bond. Bute se ny el ame. ames Bond: She leoked at him for a moment, then sid, Ie not Important. Now listen. You'te going over to Americar ste a stan called Michael Tee. His rend call hen “Shady” Tee [Now this yourstory Hes an American end of yous, sd Yeu met him in Europe. OK? ‘OK: eid Bond “Youll sty atthe Astor Hotel in New York! She walked to thedesk and opened adrawes She cook ota smal packet fnd gave ie to Bond. There's about fve hundred pound in there" she said ‘Get a room here in London atthe Ri Hotel. Bay a good, used suitcase ond peck your going holiday clothes: Get your golf clubs, then buy'atickee for the Thursday evening Monarch fight to New York. Acar tll cme for you at 6.30 on Thuraday evening. The driver tril give you the golf alls “Allright, sid Bond ‘Don think you ca ick ws and ake the diamonds. The dvr il tay with you unt your bags goon the plane: And Me ae Landon por "What happens in New York? aked Bond, Another driver will et you and tell you what to do next anything goes wrong at eustoms, you know nothing” "Could we meet in New York? ssid Bond, smiling. He ‘iked this pl, and she could help him to get farther up the Pipeline ‘Se locked at him, then looked stay. ‘Well, suppose we could have diner Fada night, the ab goes OK. 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