Witness: I said, “I must beg you not to use quite such strong language.” He continued to use even stronger terms. He said there was something tigerish in Neville’s blood. He was afraid he would have struck his dear boy, as he called him, down at his feet.
Mr. Walters: You are quite sure those were his words?
Witness: Absolutely.
Mr. Walters: And I suppose, following on that, you asked for an explanation from Neville? Did you have any conversation with him?
Witness: Yes, a long conversation with him in company with his sister.
Mr. Walters: Was Jasper satisfied with the explanation given to him?
Witness: No, I’m afraid not. A few days afterwards, when I was endeavouring to make peace between the two combatants, and arranged a meeting, Jasper took the opportunity to show me his diary, in which he had written his fears and suspicions in regard to his dear boy’s safety.
Mr. Walters: Fears and suspicions?
Witness: That was the phrase.
Mr. Walters: May we take it then, that this man was always harping on danger and using the word “Murder,” and influencing your mind against Neville Landless?