Bond goes to his hotel to rest for a while and then returns to the streets to explore a little. Bond pauses outside the House of Diamonds before moving on to find a bar with air conditioning. However, after a few minutes Bond feels as though he is being followed. He ducks into a doorway to catch whoever it is, but his adversary has arrived there ahead of him. Bond feels what he thinks is a gun in his back, but it turns out to be a hook. The adversary turns out to be an old friend of Bond's. The two go to a nearby restaurant for drinks and to catch up. The man, called Leiter, was once with the CIA, but after being badly injured he retired.....
