e 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. Sure hope this isn't too traumatic for you
all. It really is a terrible thing to have happen at Belmont and I'm
sure that as much as you all must like Diana and want to help her that
as soon as you understand the preponderance of evidence against her,
you'll decide...." Strange woman, he thought, as Helen went back into
the waiting room and firmly closed the door. Oh well, I might as well
go over and get that stuff for Henry.

Inside the hearing room, Henry had ruled that they would go ahead for
now and introduce the material when it was brought over.

Continuing her challenge, Diana said, "I repeat again, this is
evidence, this is material that was sent to the document examiners that
I have not seen. Is that correct? Even though you and Lyle have both
assured me that I was given all the evidence?"

"Well, that only meant that you had all the material sent at that time.
This is additional information that the document examiners brought with
them."

"Material that I was not privy to and had no opportunity to question
the document examiners on! I consider this most unfair."

Anuse smirked.

"Well," Henry replied, "you will see it presently so that's all right.
The committee may now ask additional questions."

Esther wanted to know what was going on in the department. "We have
heard from Lyle, Ian and Randy. What is your perception?"

Damn the woman, fumed Henry. I purposely warned her against asking
that kind of question. He turned his full attention on Diana's answer.

"I will confirm first that there were problems. When I was in the
course, I objected to using