Perhaps she thought Diana was
ringing in an impostor. Others on the panel took over as Esther
paused for breath.
Sarah carefully answered each question, becoming confused only
when two or three questions were thrown at her at the same time.
She established who she was and how she had found out about the
"whole business."
"Tell me again when you took the course?"
"Is there a date on the form?"
Raising his voice in the way that men will in the presence
of women as an effective way of silencing them and holding
the floor by intimidation, Anuse drawled conversationally,
"What you claim is interesting. This document was identified
by the document examiner as being written by Dr. Trenchant."
He fixed Sarah with a patronizing grimace. His attitude plainly
said I don't believe you, little girl.
Sarah replied, "I know that."
"Well, we should see a sample of your handwriting."
"You have a sample. It is right there on that paper I identified."
"No, absolutely not. It cannot be. You have made a mistake.
That SmurFF has been identified by experts as being in Diana's handwriting."
"We'll take some of your writing to the document examiner.
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