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. Chesterton: What was it?

Witness: I wanted to see my brother.

Mr. Chesterton: There was no particular reason why that day more than any other day?

Witness: No, I think not.

Mr. Chesterton: I suppose you will admit you were running a certain risk of discovery?

Witness: Yes, there was some, but I thought I should be able to avoid it.

Mr. Chesterton: Anybody might follow you?

Witness: Might.

Mr. Chesterton: You were a stranger in Cloisterham. Anybody might have followed you to London. You were running that risk for no particular reason at all?