Mr. Chesterton: He could not have sworn that either Neville Landless or Jasper had attacked him?
Witness: He could not swear anything, except that he had been attacked.
Mr. Chesterton: His sympathies leaned, of course, to Jasper rather than to Landless?
Witness: He was very loath indeed to think that his uncle, whom he had cherished with very great respect and esteem, had been concerned in the attempt to murder him.
Mr. Chesterton: If he could have given evidence then, I take it he would have given evidence rather in favour of Jasper than of Landless?
Witness: That depends on the Jury.
Judge: I was going to remark that the question goes a little outside anything the witness is called upon to answer.
Witness: He was more inclined to——
The Foreman: On this point the witness has made a very remarkable statement; that Mr. Grewgious shook Mr. Drood together. May I ask how many pieces Drood was in?
Judge: I think the question should be answered.