:18:00
and my diplomatic intervention
:18:02
that you're not being held
by the Miami Beach police!
:18:05
Sir, I am aware of my shortcomings.
:18:07
But I'm prepared to continue this
assignment in the spirit you suggest
:18:11
if I knew what it was about,
:18:14
sir.
:18:16
What do you know about gold?
Not paint, bullion.
:18:19
I know it when I see it.
:18:21
Meet me here at seven.
:18:24
Black tie.
:18:34
What do you know about gold,
Moneypenny?
:18:37
The only gold I know about
is the kind you wear.
:18:40
You know, on the third finger
of your left hand.
:18:42
One of these days
we really must look into that.
:18:45
What about tonight?
Come round for dinner
:18:48
and I'll cook you a beautiful angel cake.
:18:50
Nothing would give me greater pleasure
:18:53
but unfortunately I do have
a... business appointment.
:18:56
That's the flimsiest excuse
you've ever given me!
:18:59
Some girls have all the luck!
:19:02
- Who is she, James?
- She is me, Miss Moneypenny,
:19:05
and kindly omit the customary by-play
with 007. He's dining with me
:19:09
and I don't want him to be late.
:19:11
So there's hope for me yet?
:19:15
Moneypenny...
:19:17
Won't you ever believe me?
:19:21
We here at the Bank of England
:19:23
are the official depository
for gold bullion.
:19:26
Just as Fort Knox, Kentucky,
is for the United States.
:19:29
We know the amounts we each hold and
the amounts deposited in other banks.
:19:33
We can estimate what is being held
for industrial purposes.
:19:36
Thus, both governments can establish
:19:38
the true value
of the dollar and the pound.
:19:41
Consequently, we are concerned
with unauthorised leakages.
:19:44
I take it you mean smuggling.
:19:46
Yes.
:19:48
Gold, gentlemen, which can be melted
down and recast, is all but untraceable,
:19:52
which makes it, unlike diamonds,
ideal for smuggling,
:19:56
attracting the biggest
and most ingenious criminals.
:19:59
- Thank you, Brunskill. That'll be all.
- Thank you, sir.