THE FOREMAN: On this point the witness has made a very remarkable statement; that Mr. Grewgious shook Mr. Drood together. May I ask how many pieces Drood was in? JUDGE: I think the question should be answered. WITNESS: I was not there, my Lord, at the time. I merely repeat what Mr. Grewgious told me. JUDGE: You attribute it to a violent metaphor on the part of Mr. Grewgious? WITNESS: It is right that I should put the Jury in possession of all matters. A JURYMAN (Mr. William Archer): May I ask where Mr. Grewgious is in the meantime? Met with a violent death? MR. CHESTERTON: If the Jury will look at the Official Record—— THE FOREMAN: I am sorry to explain, my Lord, that all our documents have gone, covered with our autographs. (Further copies of the Official Documents were handed to the Jury by the Clerk of Arraigns.) MR. CHESTERTON: If the Jury have the Document, they will see the last paragraph but one explains the matter. (_To Witness._) You then saw Mr. Grewgious. What did Mr. Grewgious say? WITNESS: What he said was this: that he personally very strongly suspected Jasper, but that Drood’s recollections as to what happened on that evening were so confused and incoherent that any testimony he might have to give would not either clear Landless, or incriminate Jasper. He therefore said this: that if Landless were committed for trial it would be necessary to produce Drood, but failing that, he had better keep his continued existence a secret until matters had died down at Cloisterham, and until Jasper thought he was entirely secure. MR. CHESTERTON: And therefore, what was Mr. Grewgious’s plan? WITNESS: His plan was this: that if I went down to Cloisterham prosecuting inquiries there, I should detect Jasper. MR. CHESTERTON: And you did so? WITNESS: I did so. Yes. MR. CHESTERTON: When you went down, how did the case present itself to you as a problem? WITNESS: I thought from what Mr. Grewgious told me about the case, that there were three cardinal mysteries. One was why Drood, if he had been murderously assaulted, could give no clear account, as to who had assaulted him; the second was why, if the prisoner was the author of that murderous assault, he had not effected it; and in the third place, why, having failed to kill Drood, he obviously thought he had killed him. MR. CHESTERTON: Having put those three things to yourself, you went down to Cloisterham and disguised yourself? WITNESS: I went to a costumier. MR. CHESTERTON: You did not make up your face? WITNESS: No. MR. CHESTERTON: You were not known there? WITNESS: As far as I know, no. MR. CHESTERTON: But there might be an offchance, and so you put on a costume? WITNESS: Yes. MR. CHESTERTON: You went to the Crozier, and ordered a veal cutlet, a mutton chop, and a pint of sherry? WITNESS: Yes—and I drank the sherry! MR. CHESTERTON: And asked the waiter about lodgings? WITNESS: I did. MR. CHESTERTON: You asked for something Cathedrally?