Lucy felt the tears well up to her eyes, but with all her strength she forced them back. She collected her thoughts.
'It was very good of you to come down and tell me,' she said to Boulger gently.
'The magistrate agreed to accept bail in five thousand pounds. Aunt Alice and I have managed it between us.'
'Is he staying with Aunt Alice now?'
'No, he wouldn't do that. He's gone to his flat in Shaftesbury Avenue.'
Lucy's thoughts went to the lad who was dearest to her in the world, and her heart sank.
'Does George know?'
'Not yet.'
Dick saw the relief that came into her face, and thought he divined what was in her mind.
'But he must be told at once,' he said. 'He's sure to see something about it in the papers. We had better wire to him to come to London immediately.'