Witness: I don’t think it fair to ask questions like that.
Mr. Chesterton: I will take her answer.
Mr. Walters (re-examining): It does not require particular affection for any particular person to wish that he should not be murdered?
Witness: No.
Mr. Walters: Although you might not be violently enamoured of Edwin Drood, you might want to bring his murderer to justice?
Witness: Yes.
Mr. Walters: It has been suggested that your story is entirely romance. If you had been acting a part, would you not naturally have been disgraced for ever in the eyes of all who know you?
Witness: I should indeed.
Mr. Walters: Have you not a particular reason at present for wishing to stand high in the esteem of certain people?
Witness: I have.