Chapter 3, The Rack Summary

Bond is exhausted at the end of his day's treatment, but he takes the time to call Headquarters and discover that Count Lippe's tattoo marks him as a member of a Macao-based criminal organization called The Red Lightning Tong. Lippe overhears Bond on the phone.

Bond continues to go through his treatments and live on a starvation diet of vegetable soup and tea. After a few days, Bond feels awful, but the workers assure him it is the poisons leaving his system. After three days, Bond goes in for osteopathic manipulation. He finds the osteopath is the woman he saved from the car, Patricia. He finds her objective, professional treatment of his body difficult to tolerate. Finally, he kisses her. She nearly slaps him.

Count Lippe is Patricia's next patient, and she and Bond pass Lippe as Patricia leads...