She looked incredulous.
"Are you sure? What makes you so certain?"
"Fraser has a reliable man in Berlin; he sent the information. We have acted upon it—in the brewery—and I did not mean to wait weeks for a chance when war is declared," he said.
"Duncan Fraser seems to be a valuable mine of information," she said.
"He is. Do you know, he's a wonderful man, Eve."
She laughed as she replied:
"Your father always had a high opinion of his abilities."
"You and my father were jolly good friends."
"We were on excellent terms; I liked him."
"He could be very agreeable when he chose."