[_Breaking down into tears and sinking into a chair._] Oh, God! What shall I do? LUCY. Don't do that, George. We want all our calmness now. GEORGE. Don't you see they all expected it? It was only you and I who believed in his innocence. LUCY. [_To_ ALEC.] Did you hear the evidence? ALEC. Yes. LUCY. And you followed it carefully? ALEC. Very. LUCY. What impression did it leave on your mind? ALEC. What can it matter how it affected me? LUCY. I want to know. DICK. Lucy, you're torturing us all. LUCY. If you had been on the jury would your verdict have been the same as theirs? ALEC. I should have been obliged to judge according to my conscience. LUCY. I see. And you have no doubt that he was guilty? ALEC. Don't ask me these horrible questions. LUCY. But it's very important. I know that you are a perfectly honest and upright man. If you think he was guilty, there is nothing more to be said. ALEC. The case was so plain that the jury were not out of the box for more than ten minutes. LUCY. Did the judge say anything? ALEC. [_Hesitatingly._] He said there could be no doubt about the justice of the verdict. LUCY. What else?... [_He looks at her without answering._] You had better tell me now. I shall see it in the papers to-morrow. ALEC. [_As though the words were dragged out of him._] He called it a very mean and shameful crime, worse than another man's because your father was a gentleman of ancient family and bore a name of great honour. DICK. [_To_ MRS. CROWLEY.] These judges have a weakness for pointing a moral. LUCY. And what was the sentence? [_A pause._] Well? ALEC. Seven years' penal servitude. GEORGE. Oh, God! DICK. My dear girl, I can't tell you how sorry I am. LADY KELSEY. Lucy, what is it? You frighten me. LUCY. Try and bear up, George. We want all the strength we've got, you and I. [MRS. CROWLEY _puts her arms round_ LUCY _and kisses her._ MRS. CROWLEY. Oh, my dear, my dear! LUCY. [_Disengaging herself._] You're all very kind, and I know you sympathise with me.... MRS. CROWLEY. [_Interrupting her._] You know that we'll do everything we can to help you. LUCY. It's so good of you. There's really nothing that any one can do. Would you all mind leaving me alone with George? We must talk this over by ourselves. MRS. CROWLEY. Very well. Mr. Lomas, will you put me into a cab? DICK. Certainly. [_To_ LUCY.] Good-bye, dear, and God bless you. LUCY. [_Shaking hands with him._] Don't worry too much about me. If there's anything I want, I'll let you know. DICK. Thanks. [_He goes out with_ MRS. CROWLEY. ALEC. May I speak to you for a few minutes alone? LUCY. Not now, Mr. Mackenzie. I don't want to seem rude, but ... ALEC. [_Interrupting._] I know, and I wouldn't insist unless it were a matter of the most urgent importance. LUCY. Very well. George, will you take Aunt Alice to her room? I shall want you in a moment. GEORGE. Yes. LUCY.