midnight
The second meeting , held two weeks later , lasted four hours . By the end of the session , everyone was tired and angry and no one had moved from their original position . It was a battle of the transcript . Not only had Anuse and Henry burned the midnight oil preparing for the meeting with suitable quotes from the transcript , but the same could be said of Jane , Esther and Annette . As tempers , which had so far been under control , flared and threatened to widen the gulf between the two sides , Henry realized that the arguments were just solidifying the opposition and , damn it to hell , they were the majority ! Since the handwriting evidence was so shaky , he dared not force the issue . He would find another way .