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. Crotch: You don’t think it will?

Witness: No, I knows it won’t.

Mr. Crotch: Now, Durdles——

Judge: I must ask you to address the witness in more respectful terms, such as “Mr.” Durdles.

Mr. Crotch: Very well, my Lord.

Witness: Mister Durdles, sir.

Mr. Crotch (to witness): I understand you were employed round about the Cathedral, and that you know all about the crypt?

Witness: Yes, sir.

Mr. Crotch: Now, tell me what was the state of the windows in 1860.

Witness: Ay?