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?