Afterwards, Esther saw Diana and went up to her.
"What is going on? Have you heard anything?" she inquired.
"You're the one on the committee. I haven't heard anything
since the hearing ended. You guys told me a month, tops.
Haven't you been writing the report?" Trenchant answered tersely.
She was becoming increasingly strung out by the delay and by
the obvious fact that the committee chair had once again lied to her.
"Oh," said Esther, alarm showing on her pudgy face, "I'm not
supposed to talk about it. I haven't heard anything."
She finished, walking away leaving Diana more in the dark
than ever. . .and more apprehensive.
October dropped its leaves.
November brought an early snow.
Christmas flashed brightly, dulled and stood aside for the
start of a new year.
It had been nearly seven months since the hearing had ended
but Henry had not been idle. After the debacle of the second
meeting of the panel, The Pope and Henry had decided to send the
material away for confirmation by another document examiner.
The women on the panel were not privy to this information.
"If they can't cooperate, leave them out in the cold,"
was Henry's decision.
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