"When will a policeman come?" "It will probably be Cramer in person. You know how he'll react when he learns she was here. Say two hours, possibly sooner." "Will she report what she told me?" "No." A corner of his mouth twitched. "That's why I put up with you; you could have answered with fifty words and you did it in one." "I've often wondered. Now tell me why I put up with you." "That's beyond conjecture. ..."