A quick check of the CV database – accessed remotely – confirmed that an Anthony Breck, age sixty-five and a resident of Baxter, had joined the organisation two months after its inception. Valuable knowledge for a trainee doorkeeper about to move to the second floor, but Emma kept it to herself rather than share it with Jean over lunch, preferring to make additional inquiries first. As a committee member, Emma could run a check of the CV chat-room, where members posted comments following anti-government activity, using membership numbers only. At present, she was unwilling to raise the issue with Cal, so would bring any information discovered to the next CV committee meeting.
The testimony of a prosecution witness proved of more immediate concern, Penelope Watts-Smith calling as Emma and
