Goldfinger Chapter Summary & Analysis - The Last Trick Summary

The Last Trick Summary

It is two days later, and Leiter is driving Bond to the airport in his large sedan to catch a plane back to London. Bond asks Leiter if they have caught up with Goldfinger yet. Leiter tells him that they have not. Goldfinger, Galore and the other gangsters somehow vanished off the train. They know they did not make it to the Russian submarine and have not shown up at the warehouse in New York, or at the borders with Mexico or Canada. The President himself is very angry about it, Leiter tells Bond.

Bond has met the President the previous day, as he was shuttled around Washington as a hero. He has spoken by telephone with M, who confirmed that the telegram from Goldfinger to Universal Export had tipped them off. They raided his factories and uncovered his complete operation. Bond had been traced to Idlewild, but then lost....
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