And something about seeing it as a line item did the damage.

I have thought about why and I think it is this.

A photograph of a venue walk-through is a social object, and you can decide it has nothing to do with you.

A row in an operating report is an administrative fact.

Two hundred and eleven people had been counted, by a caterer, for a purpose, and the counting had been done accurately, and he was not in it.

He also, that Tuesday, had access to the contract.