Mr. Hubert. Well, you do identify the letter?
Mrs. Robertson. Definitely—I identify the letter.
Mr. Hubert. You identify it from the sense of it or what?
Mrs. Robertson. Well, this is something that I did not memorize verbatim, and could not have repeated—what I mean—per word, but I could have told you the general gist of the letter, is what I mean, yes—the actual facts.
Mr. Hubert. Was it dictated to you?
Mrs. Robertson. Lieutenant Revill came in and said, "Mary Jane, I would like for you to take a letter," and like I said, our stenographer was out of the office on an appointment, and I said, "Of course, now, Jack, this has been a hard day and you know I don't take shorthand and if you will be patient with me and let me write it out in longhand, I will be happy to do it for you." That is when I made my phone call home, and so he said, "Well, you take your time," and he said, "I know you don't take shorthand and that's quite all right," and I had him even spell such names so as to be certain of—you know—the agent's name and all like that. He sat across the desk from me, as we are doing here.
Mr. Hubert. In other words, it was written out in your hand?
Mrs. Robertson. Yes; now, Jack, as I remember—I speak of him, we are very informal in our office, as Lieutenant Revill—Lieutenant Revill, as I recall, did have several papers or rough drafts that possibly he had written out or something, but he did speak verbally to me and I wrote in my own handwriting and I used a shorthand notebook. I wrote in my own handwriting.
Mr. Hubert. And then you used your own handwriting for the purpose of writing the letter?
Mrs. Robertson. That's correct.