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: Was he happy and jolly going to the party?

Witness: No. He was ready to shake hands with Edwin Drood, but he had a strange dread of the gatehouse.

Mr. Walters: He did not object to going?

Witness: No; because he wanted to shake hands with Edwin Drood.

Mr. Walters: Then the main object of his going was, not to enjoy himself, but to shake hands with Edwin Drood?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: And you think that was practically the only motive?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: We are told that Neville was fetched back after starting on his journey.