Bond takes the bus to the Acme Mud and Sulphur, feeling sick when the doors open and the smell of sulphur fills his nostrils. Bond is very unhappy being here, but he hides his feelings as he buys his ticket and undresses in the dressing room. Bond hides the money he has brought for the payoff in his jacket and locks his dressing stall before going into the room where the mud baths take place. Each person who wants a bath is put into a coffin-like box and the mud is poured around them. Bond watches the attendant prepare his coffin before climbing into it and allowing the attendant to pour buckets of hot mud around him.
Moments after Bond is settled, the.....
