Q. How long do you think this person was altogether at Mr. Wright's?
A. I should think not more than twenty minutes.
Q. Where were the candles all this time you were in the passage with him?
A. I had them in my hand.
Q. What did you do with them when you went up to Mr. Wright?
A. I left them with him in the parlour; boots got me a candle.
Q. You held the candles in your own hand while you remained in the passage?
A. Yes, while the boots unlocked the parlour door, and I went and put them on the table.
Q. Before you went up stairs?