 The introduction to the character in "Le Cercle at Les Ambassadeurs", an upmarket gambling club, is derived from Bond's introduction in the first novel, "Casino Royale", which Fleming had used because "skill at gambling and knowledge of how to behave in a casino were seen ... as attributes of a gentleman".After losing a hand of Chemin de Fer to Bond, Trench asks his name.There is the "most important gesture [in] ... the way he lights his cigarette before giving her the satisfaction of an answer.