He looked to see that the rest of the
contents were in place, then returned everything to the briefcase
and left the room carrying it.
The document examiner was seated, sworn and proceeded to give
her qualifications which were concerned with her training,
the number of years in the profession and clients.
Alice Stebbins was quite short. Her features gave her age
as around fifty and holding. She dressed severely, in browns
and blacks which made her look perky and birdlike. Peering at
the hearing panel over her half glasses enhanced the bird image,
but it was destroyed when she opened her mouth.
Her voice, far from a peep-peep one might expect, was deep
and strong. She had learned well that when one was giving
expert testimony, one presented a confident, assured bearing.
Further questions from the chair led her through the
evidence and she readily identified all but two of the
seven `suspicious' critiques as being written by Trenchant.
Her language was laced with the correctness of one accustomed
to giving court appearances. She prefaced much of her
testimony with the caveat, `in my opinion'. Her attitude
of selfassuredness belied this qualification.
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