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: The amount of time would not be much.

Mr. Walters: You were not going to take the cupboard door to London as evidence?

Witness: No.

Mr. Walters: It was all a waste of your time?

Witness: Yes; but harmless. Even a rejected dramatist is entitled to have some hobby.

Mr. Walters: You know John Jasper?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: Did you ever see him take opium?

Witness: Never.

Mr. Walters: Do you know how long an opium fit lasts?