Vesper : So there will be what you call bluffing? Vesper : So, you're telling me it's a matter of probability and odds? I was worried there wasn't chance involved.īond : Well, only if you assume the player with the best hand wins. Vesper: Even accountants have imagination. Bond, I will be keeping my eye on our government's money and off your perfectly formed arse. You think of women as disposable pleasures rather than meaningful pursuits. Vesper: But it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine. Now, having just met you, I wouldn't go as far as calling you a cold-hearted bastard… Bond: No, of course not. You know… former SAS types with easy smiles and expensive watches. And that makes perfect sense! Since MI6 looks for maladjusted young men, who give little thought to sacrificing others in order to protect queen and country. Vesper: Oh, you are? I like this poker thing. And since your first thought about me ran to 'orphan,' that's what I'd say you are. Which means that you were at that school by the grace of someone else's charity hence that chip on your shoulder. But you wear it with such disdain, my guess is you didn't come from money, and your school friends never let you forget it. Naturally you think human beings dress like that.

Now, I'd have normally gone with 'only child,' but, umm, you see, by the way you ignored the quip about your parents…I'm going to have to go with 'orphan.' Vesper: All right…by the cut of your suit, you went to Oxford or wherever. Which gives her a somewhat prickly demeanor, and ironically enough, makes it less likely for her to be accepted and promoted by her male superiors, who mistake her insecurities for arrogance.

Being more aggressive than her female colleagues. Bond: True, but this one overcompensates by wearing slightly masculine clothing. Vesper: Which one can say of any attractive woman with half a brain. Bond? Bond: About you, Miss Lynd? Well, your beauty's a problem. Bond: You don't think this is a very good plan, do you? Vesper: So there is a plan? I got the impression we were risking millions of dollars and hundreds of lives on a game of luck. Vesper: I'm now assured our money is in good hands.

Which is why I've been able to detect an undercurrent of sarcasm in your voice. Vesper: And you're good at reading people? Bond: Yes I am. ' Bond: You've heard the term? Then you'll know that in poker you never play your hand.you play the man across from you. Vesper: So there will be what you call bluffing? Bond: Well, only if you assume the player with the best hand wins. Vesper: So, you're telling me it's a matter of probability and odds? I was worried there wasn't chance involved.

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