"Are you licensed in any state?"
"No. I don't know what—"
"If you were licensed, it would be necessary for you to find out whether this state has any reciprocal agreement. If so, you would merely have to make a courtesy call and announce your presence in this county and give the name of your employer."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Do you know a woman named Rose Fulton?"
"No. I've never heard of her."
"Were you employed by Rose Fulton to come to Hillston?"
"No. I told you I never heard of her."
"We were advised a month ago that Rose Fulton had hired an investigator to come here on an undercover assignment. We've been looking for the man. He would be the third one she's sent here. The first two made a botch of their job. There was no job here for them in the first place. Rose Fulton is a persistent and misguided woman. The case, if there was any case, was completely investigated by this department. Part of our job is to keep citizens of Hillston from being annoyed and persecuted by people who have no business here. Is that clear to you?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about. I really don't."