Call for Confirmation

[rabidsamfan]

"Then listen very carefully." The voice at the farther end of the tube was as cold and hollow as a grave. "You wish to walk from the court a free man, and hold as ransom for that freedom a certain manuscript, the very existence of which has not yet been confirmed."

"I wish no more than a fair trial," I said, just as coldly. "And as for the manuscript, it exists. I spent several months composing it."

"And the allegations within it?"

"Are merely allegations," I admitted. "They are not enough to convict any man in a court of law."

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[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Always honest, our dear Doctor, isn't he? But I think he's not a good enough liar to fool that man. *grim grin*