The prisoner put a drawing of the castle, the mere, and the bridge, into the witnesses' hands, and elicited that it was correct, and also the distances marked on it. They had, in fact, been measured exactly for her.
The hobnailed shoes were produced, and she made some use of them, particularly in cross-examining Jane Bannister.
Prisoner. Look at those shoes. Saw you ever the like on Mr. Gaunt's feet?
Jane. That I never did, Dame.
Prisoner. What, not when he came into the kitchen on the 15th October?
Jane. Nay, he was booted. By the same token I saw the boy a cleaning of them for supper.
Prisoner. Those boots, when you broke into his room, did you find them?
Jane. Nay, when the man went, his boots went; as reason was. We found nought of his but a soiled glove.
Prisoner. Had the pedlar boots on?
Jane. Alas! who ever see'd a booted pedlar?