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: I don’t suppose the witness is expected to count windows!

Witness: Thank you, sir.

Mr. Crotch: Well, now, Mr. Durdles, I will ask you another question. As a matter of fact, have you not on many occasions chased little boys and others out of the crypt?

Witness: Yes, and they’ve chased me.

Mr. Crotch: Where did these boys find their way into the crypt?

Witness: Ay?

Mr. Crotch: You don’t know?

Witness: No, I don’t.

Mr. Crotch: You swear you don’t know?

Witness: Ay, I swear I don’t know.