y, "Because you sprained your right wrist and were unable to
write or use it until shortly before Christmas Day, the 25th."

"How do you confirm that I could not write?"

"Several ways. For example, I saw the swollen condition of your wrist
daily and observed your limited use of that hand. Telephone messages
for me were left on the printer when they used to be handwritten in
notes."

Leaning toward the panel, James confided, "You see, she could
one-finger the computer keys with her left hand.

"I filled out the order forms for her children's Christmas presents
that year since she was unable to write enough to complete them.

"Around the 22nd or 23rd of December, she could use her hand well
enough to write the checks for her bills. It was painful for her and
she had some difficulty doing this. We made a joke of it--whether they
would turn off the electricity or telephone because the signatures on
her checks were not at all like her normal signature."

Questions exploded from the panel like hail on a tin roof. "Was her
wrist wrapped?" "Did she have a brace?" "Did she see a doctor?"

Although Diana had not completed her examination of her own witness,
the panel jumped in and took over the questioning.

Henry, feeling decidedly undermined by this testimony, decided not to
interrupt this flurry of out-of-order questioning. He realized that
this tactic of interrupting greatly hampered the smooth flow of
information a witness had to give. It also served to confuse the
witness since questions were coming from more than one panel member at
a time. He decided that he would not stop it.

He never paused to think that the transcript of the hearing would show
that Diana was interrupted in this manner more than twenty times. This
would become significant when the Attorney General made the report of
her investigation.

James waited until the panel ran out of questions and started to look
sheepishly at one another, then he said, "Yes, her wrist was wrapped.
She did not see a doctor but was treating it herself."

Now the panel turned its attention toward Diana in one of the frequent
times they questioned her in front of a witnesses. "When did you write
the Christmas note to Lyle, then?" This question directed at Diana came
from Esther.

She answered firmly, "The twenty-fourth, the day before Christmas. It
was still painful for me to write then and I was still wearing the
brace. As you will observe, it is a ve