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: Not a mere idle boast?

Witness: No.

Mr. Walters: You meant it?

Witness: I did.

Mr. Walters: Six months went by, and no progress made?

Witness: I found out nothing.

Mr. Walters: Yet the danger remained, and increased?

Witness: I grew more and more anxious.

Mr. Walters: It was the woman against the man, and the woman was making no headway?