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.