"What's up?"
"'Tecs," said Frank.
Gertie's mouth opened a little.
"One of them saw me going in and wired for instructions. He had seen the case in the police-news and thought I answered to the description. Then he came back at eleven and told the governor."
"And—"
"Yes."
There was a pause.
"And George?"
"Oh! he's all right," said Frank a little bitterly. "There's nothing against him. Got any dinner, Gertie? I can't pay for it ... oh, yes, I can; here's half a day." (He chucked ninepence upon the table; the sixpence rolled off again, but he made no movement to pick it up.)
Gertie looked at him a moment.