Chapter 56BristolProfessor Whitakker was the first to raise the issue of
the stolen tablet.
“The thief would have to declare it before the UN
presentation,” commented Martin Abelmann crisply. “We’ll have the two
actual Tablets then and it will obviously be a fake.”
“There is another aspect,” I said diffidently. “If
the fake came to light and whoever has it declares that he, or she, has the
document to prove it, the fact that it carries your signatures might bring
your credibilty into question. It might reflect badly on what we are about
to reveal, and on our previous declaration in Paris!”
There was tight silence. A few remarks were made, but
nothing eased the problem. Leah was at the meeting, having driven over with
me to report on the arrangements for the forthcoming event. A
