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Octopussy: [Bond sneaks on to the island and makes his way into Octopussy's room] Good evening. I wondered when you might arrive.
James Bond: So you are the mysterious Octopussy.
Octopussy: And you are James Bond, 007, licensed to kill. Am l to be your target for tonight?
James Bond: Oh no, not necessarily. Depends how much you tell me about jewelry smuggling. And why one of our agents was killed in East Berlin.
Octopussy: I know nothing about that. You remember Major Dexter Smythe? You were sent out to arrest him, weren't you?
James Bond: You seem to have done your homework.
James Bond: [Octopussy hands Bond a drink] Thank you.
James Bond: Yes. Smythe, after a brilliant military career, was seconded to our secret service. His mission was to recover a cache of Chinese gold seized in North Korea. Both he and his native guide disappeared. The gold was never found.
Octopussy: And 20 years later you were sent after him.
James Bond: Well, the guide's body turned up with a bullet still in his skull from Smythe's service revolver. I traced Smythe to Sri Lanka, faced him with the facts, and gave him 24 hours to clear up his affairs before I took him back.
Octopussy: He committed suicide rather than face the disgrace of a court martial.
James Bond: What's the connection?
Octopussy: He was my father. I'd hoped fate would bring us together one day.
James Bond: To avenge him?
Octopussy: No, to thank you for giving him an honorable alternative.
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Octopussy: When Father's gold ran out, the people in Hong Kong who'd disposed of it for him offered me a commission to smuggle some diamonds. I discovered I had a talent for it.
James Bond: You went into business for yourself?
Octopussy: Yes, but l needed an organization, so l revived the old Octopus cult.
James Bond: Well, then. Where did you recruit all these lovelies?
Octopussy: There are many of them all over Southeast Asia, looking for a guru, spiritual discipline, who knows what. l train them. Give them a purpose, a sisterhood and a way of life.
James Bond: In crime?
Octopussy: In business. I have diversified into shipping, hotels, carnivals and circuses.
Kristina Wayborn
Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress, born in 1950, has starred in " Octopussy ".
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