"
"I'm willing to believe the testimony that they exist and
what they are represented to be. I don't need to see them
in person." Nonchalantly, Anuse destroyed any illusion
of committee impartiality with this remark. The committee's
report to The Pope would remove any doubt that might linger.
Henry called a recess. It always seemed to work to break up the flow.
Chapter 32
When the hearing commenced again, the document examiner began
his testimony. "I have examined the documents in question
and found that six were written by Diana Trenchant and two probably were."
Allen Avery was a tall, heavy-set man, florid of face and
nearly as ugly as Jimbo. He looked like a twenty-year cop
and lowered his monster brows fiercely at Diana whenever he
referred to her. His presentation was not as ornate as that
of Alice Stebbins. Instead of using blown up photographs
of individual letters, he passed out copies of a single sheet
on which there were two columns of letters.
One column was labeled standard, the other unknown.
He testified that he had found enough similarities
in these particular letters to identify the writer.
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