[DICK _comes into the room and speaks to_ ROBERT BOULGER. DICK. George is quite well now. He wants you to smoke a cigarette with him. BOULGER. Certainly. [_He goes on to the balcony._ DICK. [_When_ BOULGER _is gone_.] At least, he will the moment he sees you. MRS. CROWLEY. What do you mean by that? DICK. Merely that I wanted to talk to you. And Robert Boulger, being a youth of somewhat limited intelligence, seemed in the way. MRS. CROWLEY. Why did you leave the Old Bailey? DICK. My dear lady, I couldn't stand it. You don't know what it is to sit there and watch a man tortured, a man you've known all your life, whom you've dined with times out of number, in whose house you've stayed. He had just the look of a hunted beast, and his face was grey with terror. MRS. CROWLEY. How was the case going? DICK. I couldn't judge. I could only see those haggard, despairing eyes. MRS. CROWLEY. But you're a barrister. You must have heard his answers. What did he reply to all the questions? DICK. He seemed quite dazed. I don't think he took in the gist of his cross-examination. MRS. CROWLEY. But the man's innocent. DICK. Yes, we all hope that. MRS. CROWLEY. What d'you mean? There can be no doubt about that. When he was arrested Lucy went to him and begged him to tell her the exact truth. He swore that he wasn't guilty. DICK. Poor Lucy! She's borne up wonderfully. She'll stick to her father through thick and thin. MRS. CROWLEY. [_Abruptly._] Mr. Lomas, you're trying to put me off. It's not fair to let Lucy buoy herself up with false hopes. She's absolutely convinced that her father will be acquitted. DICK. Well, in another half-hour we shall all know. When I left, the judge was just going to sum up. MRS. CROWLEY. Mr. Lomas, what is your opinion? [_He looks at her steadily for a moment._ DICK. Were you very much surprised when you heard Fred Allerton was arrested? MRS. CROWLEY. Good heavens, I was overwhelmed! DICK. [_Dryly._] Ah! MRS. CROWLEY. If you aggravate me I shall box your ears. DICK. When first I knew Fred he was a very rich man. You know that the Allertons are one of the oldest families in Cheshire? MRS. CROWLEY. Yes. I think Lucy's only failing is an inordinate pride in her family. She thinks it very snobbish to have any particular respect for a peer of the realm, but only natural to look up to persons of good family. DICK.