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It was a tiny box-like room that seemed to have no other exit. The man bowed. Dikko said some phrases containing the words "Tanaka-san." The man bowed again. Dikko turned to Bond. "You're on your own now. Be in it, champ! Tiger'll send you back to your hotel. See you."
Bond said, "Tell mother I died game," and walked into the little box. The door was closed behind him. There was a row of buttons by the desk, and the guard pressed one of them. There came a barely perceptible whine, and Bond got the impression of descent. So the room was a lift. What a box of tricks the formidable Tiger had erected as a screen for himself! The authentic Eastern nest of boxes. What next?
---Ian Fleming: "You Only Live Twice" (1964)---
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