00:00 (crickets chirping)
00:02 - You asked me about the nature of our relationship.
00:06 - I needed to know who I was talking to.
00:08 Were you my friend across the fire?
00:10 Who are you?
00:11 - And if I can't answer that question?
00:15 - It's terribly difficult to recruit for a secret service.
00:23 You're looking for somebody who's a bit bad,
00:25 but at the same time loyal.
00:27 There's a type, and I fit it perfectly.
00:31 - In your memoir, you say none of it's true.
00:37 It's as I imagined it.
00:38 - When I was in MI6, it wasn't enough for me.
00:44 So what I did was reinvent the secret world
00:46 and fill my own people with it.
00:54 - Why is betrayal an important concept to you?
00:57 - It has a long family background.
00:59 Writing is a journey of self-discovery.
01:03 I see my own life as a succession of embraces and escapes.
01:08 - Maybe this is an interrogation.
01:14 Maybe I am self-deceived.
01:16 - I don't know, but I'll answer any question
01:19 you wish me to answer as truthfully as I can.
01:23 (dramatic music)
01:27 (dramatic music fades)
01:30 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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