MR. WALTERS: I think, my Lord, that you will find a conversation took place between Durdles and the prisoner, and that I am perfectly justified in asking what the conversation was. JUDGE: Yes; I think so. MR. WALTERS (_to witness_): Let us know what the conversation was between you and Mr. Jasper. WITNESS: He says to me, “Is there anything new in the crypt?” and I says, “Anything new! Anything old, you mean.” MR. WALTERS: Yes? WITNESS: Yes. MR. WALTERS: What happened then? WITNESS: We went down in the crypt, and he give me a drink out of his bottle. Fine stuff it was, too. MR. WALTERS: And what about that bundle which I believe you carried? WITNESS: He asked me if he could carry my bundle. MR. WALTERS: Yes? WITNESS: Ay. MR. WALTERS: What was in your bundle? WITNESS: Durdles knows what was in his bundle. Keys, among other things. MR. WALTERS: Oh, keys. And I suppose you let him carry your bundle? WITNESS: I did. Well, I had another drink out of his bottle. MR. WALTERS: Did you happen on that occasion to see any quicklime lying about? WITNESS: Well, there’s always quicklime lying about the crypt. Always. MR. WALTERS: You noticed it. Did Jasper happen to notice it? WITNESS: He did. He asked me what it was for. MR. WALTERS: Oh, he asked you what it was for. And did you tell him? WITNESS: Yes; I told him it ’ud burn anything; burn your boots, and with a little handy stirring, it ’ud burn your bones. MR. WALTERS: It would burn your bones with handy stirring. And when he put that curious question to you, did it occur to you there was a reason for it? WITNESS: Durdles thinks everybody ’as a reason for everything they says and does. MR. WALTERS: When he asked you would that quicklime burn, you thought he must have a reason for it? WITNESS: Yes; so I did. MR. WALTERS: People use quicklime for quite innocent purposes, I believe, don’t they? WITNESS: Yes. MR. WALTERS: They use it for cement? WITNESS: Yes. MR. WALTERS: What else do they use it for? WITNESS: Bodies. MR. WALTERS: Did you think, by the way he was making his inquiries, that he wanted to know if it would burn something else besides ordinary stuff? WITNESS: I didn’t think as ’ow he wanted a heap of quicklime to burn his waste paper with. MR. WALTERS: What happened next? You had a drink out of the bottle, and you had a little talk: what happened then? Did you go home? WITNESS: No; I fell asleep. MR. WALTERS: Oh, you fell asleep? WITNESS: Yes. MR. WALTERS: Anything else? WITNESS: I had a dream. MR. WALTERS: You had a dream before you woke up? WITNESS: Yes. MR. WALTERS: What was the nature of that dream? WITNESS: I dreamt that Mister Jarsper was a-moving around me, handling my keys, and I thought I was left alone in the dark. Then I see a light coming back, and then I found Mr. Jarsper waking me up, saying “Hi! wake up!” MR. WALTERS: Did you wake up? WITNESS: Yes. MR. WALTERS: Did you remember how long you had been asleep?