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: I did, indeed, seeing it concerned the one I loved best in the world.

Mr. Walters: There were two persons you wanted to protect?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: Who were they?

Witness: My brother, and Rosa Bud.

Mr. Walters: You had a double motive, and you thought the danger came from one and the same man?

Witness: I certainly did.

Mr. Walters: Who was that?

Witness: John Jasper.

Mr. Walters: What did your brother do after all this?