"Can you come here at once?" she asked him.
"Impossible! Anything urgent?"
"Alan Craig has been here."
"… Well?"
"He knows about—things. I'm sure he does."
"For instance?"
"Robert's difficulties."
"No special harm in that, is there? He won't be alone in his knowledge for long, you know—"
"What do you mean?" she cried in alarm.
He ignored the question and asked another. "Was Craig in any way unpleasant? Quick, please!"