I returned to the council hall the next morning because I had been called to clarify my testimony.
The temporary appointment had given Lord Rusk authority to sign documents on Julian's behalf. He had already announced a review of the Chancellor's office and proposed that Julian's unfinished legislation be withdrawn until the council could assess the public interest.
I sat behind Dr. Hales with Marianne beside me. She kept her hands folded on the table. I could see the fatigue in her face, but I did not know what she was thinking.
Lord Rusk's solicitor asked whether I had kept a private journal.
"I kept a record of the patient's condition," I said.
"Did you write personal impressions?"
"I wrote observations."
"Did you write that Lord Vale could hear you?"
"No. I wrote that his breat
