Part One - Monday, Chapter 2 - 'Belly Strippers', etc.; Chapter 3 - The Columbite King Summary

Bond is meeting privately with M, and he is surprised to see that M seems embarrassed about what he is going to say. Bond has never seen M this way and the air is uncomfortable. Finally, M comes out and says he needs to ask Bond for a personal favor. Before he asks the favor, M asks Bond what he knows about a man named Hugo Drax.

Bond proceeds to tell him everything he knows about Drax. Drax is a multimillionaire and a national hero. During World War II, he was stationed at a headquarters that was bombed by the Germans. In the attack he is seriously injured and suffering from amnesia. After a year, he claims...