That was his right.

The request meant our reports would be read by someone whose job included testing them.

I stayed late that evening checking every statement against the record it came from.

When I reached the warning, I stopped.

The impressions on the back were still listed as potentially useful.

We had sent the document for examination, preserving it without pencil rubbings or experiments that might alter it.

The examiner’s preliminary report arrived the following day.