When she had failed once or twice to respond to some conversational gambit or other, Bond also relapsed into silence and occupied himself with his own gloomy thoughts.
Ian FlemingAbout author
- Author's profession: Author
- Nationality: british
- Born: May 28, 1908
- Died: August 12, 1964
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