Chapter 27, The Bleeding Heart Summary

Early the next morning, the hotel manager bursts into Bond's room. He says there has been a terrible accident. Before he can explain further, Bond rushes to Vesper's room. He finds her dead in her bed. She has taken a bottle of sleeping pills. The hotel man gives Bond a note Vesper has left for him. Bond tells the hotel man to call the police and returns to his room to read the note.

The note is a confession and a good-bye. Vesper writes she is a double-agent working for the Soviets. She has been blackmailed while her boyfriend is held by the Russians. They promise to keep him alive if she works for them. She has passed on information to them, although she says she has given them as little as possible. She writes she is...