Moderately familiar with each other, they exchanged cordial greetings, but quickly got down to business.
“Yes, your church was one of our earliest and biggest contributors. We have you and several others to thank for silencing our critics and taking immediate advantage of our little experiment – which is no longer an experiment, of course,” John De Holland spoke, barely above a whisper.
“So, our church brought all of its documents in at one time?”
“There have been a couple of deposits, since, but most of it came here on May 20, 1965.”
Which means Laura had read it all, he thought, and either had nothing of interest to contribute, or was holding out, which was unlikely. In short, Hansen fought the rising disappointment of a wasted trip – on his day off.
“Of course, we had an historical
