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

Mr. Walters: How?

Witness: In chalk marks.

Mr. Walters: Why in chalk marks?

Witness: I like the old tavern way of keeping scores. You may make a little mark, and nobody but the scorer knows what it means: a small mark for a small success, and a big mark for a big one.

Mr. Walters: Was another reason that you did not wish your woman’s handwriting to be discovered?

Witness: That would never have done.

Mr. Walters: Did you adopt any device to bring Jasper into your presence, or not?

Witness: Yes; Mr. Grewgious had told me that he had given a ring to Edwin Drood.

Mr. Walters: And did you use that ring in any way?

Witness: Yes; it was this ring that I used to lure him.