Trial of John Jasper, lay precentor of Cloisterham Cathedral in the County of Kent, for the murder of Edwin Drood, engineer

by England) Dickens Fellowship (London

Mr. Walters: Would it not have been more respectful to walk out of the room?

Witness: I think not. It would place him in an extremely awkward position.

Mr. Walters: You preferred to fall asleep and snore?

Witness: May I answer? If I had gone out, Mr. Grewgious would have had to come for me, and to have told Edwin Drood that he required a witness.

Mr. Walters: You preferred to fall asleep and snore in the presence of a client?

Witness: I had forty winks after dinner.

Mr. Walters: You had forty winks, as you call it, while your employer was engaged with an important client?

Witness: In a conversation which I was not supposed to hear.

Mr. Walters: Do you frequently fall asleep?

Witness: No; I have no desire to slumber at present.