Sir Godfrey accompanies Bond to Zorin's Chateau where he poses as Bond's valet "Tibbett". He gets more than he bargained for when he is made to carry Bond's baggage to his room and sleep in the servants' quarters.
Bond's ring contains a miniature camera, which he uses to covertly take photographs of the guests at Zorin's party.
May Day strangles Sir Godfrey while he is taking his Rolls-Royce through a car wash.
Zorin offers Bond a sporting proposition -- if he can remain on the steeplechase course in a race against other riders, he can keep the "Ithacus colt gratis." But the race is fixed. The jumps over rails and water are electronically raised or lengthened, and the crop-wielding stable boys attempt to knock Bond off his horse. When Bond succeeds in spite of all this, Zorin uses a remote-control transmitter in his cane to send Bond's horse bolting out of control.
Seeing Zorin and his henchmen standing by the shoreline prepared to shoot him if he surfaces, Bond unscrews the cap on one of the Rolls Royce's tires and helps himself to compressed air until Zorin, confident he is dead, leaves the scene.
Despite Zorin's longtime KGB affiliation, his outside activities draw attention that the KGB sees as unwelcome, and at a meeting between Zorin and KGB head General Gogol, Gogol rebukes him. Zorin responds by telling Gogol that he no longer considers himself a KGB agent.
Zorin unveils to a group of investors his plan to destroy Silicon Valley which will give him--and the potential investors--a monopoly over microchip manufacture.
Chuck Lee meets Bond at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, where he is posing as a fish stand worker. The pair exchange sign/countersigns and walk along the wharf, where Lee provides details on the individuals 007 covertly photographed during Zorin's thoroughbred sale at his French chateau.
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