Witness: Yes.
Mr. Walters: Was it a surprise he was fetched back after Drood’s extraordinary disappearance was mentioned?
Witness: It was.
Mr. Walters: But when you heard who had fetched him back, was that a surprise?
Witness: No; because Jasper had always been his enemy from the first.
Mr. Walters: You thought he had cast suspicion on him?
Witness: Jasper had hinted in Cloisterham to many people that if anything ever happened to his nephew my brother would be responsible for it.
Mr. Walters: And so you knew that your brother was under deep suspicion when brought back to Cloisterham?
Witness: Yes.
Mr. Walters: Did you take that very much to heart?