Please go and get them and bring them to
the hearing room as soon as possible."
As the men descended the stairs, Mark to leave and Henry to return
to the hearing, Mark asked, "how did she find out about them, Henry?"
"She was making such a fuss about all the standards having dates
so far back that she couldn't identify them and the panel
apparently thinks this is a valid reason why she won't identify them.
I had to say the document examiners had more recent samples
of her handwriting or. . ." Henry broke off quickly as Helen
came out of the room used by Diana's witnesses at the foot of the stairs.
"Hi, guys," greeted Helen placidly. "How's it going? Are you on a break?"
Spare me these emancipated females, thought Henry as he angrily ignored her,
waived goodbye to Mark and reentered the hearing room.
Congenial old Mark, badly in need of a conversation fix
after Ian had left, approached Helen with a wide smile.
"No," he said to her, "Henry just had to step out for a minute
so he could tell me something he needed me to get for him.
"I'm on the way over to the admin building right now. You must
be one of the witness for Diana.
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