The T's look very different."
"What T?"
"Those." Pointing, "those T's have a straight. . ."
"Certainly some letters will be different, but with my training,
I am able to see similarities you are missing," Alice Stebbins replied,
confident of her own superiority. "If there is a large sample of writing
you may be able to see differences in each letter. The samples given me
were so small that this was not the case, however, I did have enough
material to compare with the unique handwriting characteristics shown
in Dr. Trenchant's standards to make a positive identification."
"How consistently do other document examiners agree with you
or agree with one another?" This from Annette.
"I don't know."
"Do handwriting examiners oppose each other in court?"
"I don't know that. I suppose you could find anyone to do anything.
Assuming that there are two document examiners, it would depend upon
which one makes the most persuasive argument."
"I see," Jane's smile was victorious. "It's not a question of being
correct in your analysis as much as your ability to make a jury think so."
Henry hurriedly asked loudly, "I understand you are court qualified.
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