He was then enticed to bet £20,000 that he would win at least one trick. The Duke of Cumberland, son of King George III, supposedly held Drax's cards during this rigged deal against hustlers: This deal is based on the Duke of Cumberland deal from the 19th century. Now Bond's hand becomes good, and Drax is apoplectic. Bond naturally redoubles.īond ruffs a diamond in dummy, finesses Drax's clubs, ruffs another diamond, and finesses clubs again. The Moonraker project has a millionaire backer, the war hero Sir Hugo Drax - a man who, it seems, cheats at cards. When playing with M, Bond fixes the deck against Drax in the final deal of the session:īond, South, deals and opens 7 ! This is passed around to Drax, who doubles. When dealing the cards, Drax peeks at the card reflections in his polished cigarette case. Before he slept he reflected, as he had often reflected in other. There, Bond discerns that Drax is a cheat. And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger. 007 plays bridge against the evil multi-millionaire Sir Hugo Drax in Ian Fleming's 'Moonraker.' In the story, M asks Bond to investigate Sir Hugo's substantial winnings at M's favorite bridge club.

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