First, Trenchant confirmed all of the documents given the examiner and again made the point that many of these had not been given her before the hearing as had been sworn to by Lyle and also written in a letter to her by the chair.
She next established that all of the exemplars that the analyst worked from were copies. Continuing her questioning of the witness, she asked, "You must be aware that people in your profession pretty much insist on seeing original standards?"
Alice dodged adroitly. "I saw the originals of the questioned documents."
Trenchant pursued. "But only copies of the standards."
Alice allowed, "correct," to escape between clenched teeth.
"You have been testifying throughout saying that I wrote the standards you used. I put it to you. Is this something you were told, or do you know of your own knowledge that I wrote those standards you used to compare with 'suspect' SmurFFs?"
"What was that?" Anuse interrupted.
"I'll ask the question again. Please let the witness answer. Specifically, did I write those standards in front of you so you know positively that they were written by me."
"No. I assumed that the exemplars that I was given were authentic exemplars or standards of your own writing."
"Just as you assumed that I wrote the questioned documents?"