Miss Carroll looked at him for a long moment. "Will what I tell you be used against him?"
"There'll be nothing done against him, Miss Carroll ... unless it needs to be in the national interest."
"I'm not at all sure I know what the term 'national interest' means, James. I distrust these glib phrases."
"I always liked Mr. Bram," said Tremaine. "I'm not out to hurt him."
"Mr. Bram came here when I was a young woman. I'm not certain of the year."
"What does he do for a living?"
"I have no idea."
"Why did a healthy young fellow like Bram settle out in that isolated piece of country? What's his story?"
"I'm ... not sure that anyone truly knows Bram's story."
"You called him 'Bram', Miss Carroll. Is that his first name ... or his last?"