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

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: And I suppose you consider it an honour to be considered Datchery?

Witness: I am proud to have worked down there.

Mr. Walters: You knew a little about the Drood case?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: You knew a little of it from Mr. Grewgious?

Witness: I have stated that it was Mr. Grewgious’s idea that I should go down there and investigate in character.

Mr. Walters: It was not a dramatic inspiration?

Witness: The inspiration was Mr. Grewgious’s.

Mr. Walters: When you fell asleep on that occasion, were you pretending?