The handwriting expert took the Photostat and studied it closely, apparently thinking out loud as he looked at it. “H’mmmm, all in typewriting — seems to have all been done on the same typewriter, all right. Signature on the note, peculiar spacing, unusual method of making a ‘D’. Same thing in the signature of the witness on the will. If it’s a forgery, it’s a good one. Looks okay — would much prefer to have the original will rather than this Photostat.”
“I can’t get the original,” Bertha told him. “You’ll have to work it out from this.”
“All right, I’ll call you up at your office and let you know. It’ll be just an opinion. If I were going to have to swear to it. I—”
“I know,” Bertha said. “This is just an opinion between you and me.”
“That’s right.”
“Call me at my office within an hour.”
“That’s too soon.”
“Call me, anyway,” Bertha said.
She went back to her office, and within an hour had the telephone call.
“The signatures were both written by the same person,” the expert said.