I had not witnessed a property transfer or approved one.

Martin corrected the date after we checked my photograph.

I read the finished statement in full before signing it with the required formalities.

The page did not erase my carelessness.

I had signed too readily because my father had asked.

It did, however, tell me where that signature ended.

Some of the disputed withdrawals also appeared to predate the document I had witnessed.

Martin added that to the chronology as a question about what authority had been relied upon at different times.