Dear Marion,

Below is the latter which I composed last night. I was under the
impression that I had e-mailed it to you, but now my computer tells
me it didn't go off. In other words, a dud, just like the hearing.
I must have been really tired, - I still haven't recovered completely.
Grocery shopping is next. More later. I hope you are well.

Jochen

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Dear Marion,

When I wrote to you last night, I anticipated having plenty of
time and energy this evening to report to you on today's legal
adventures. I arrived back in Belmont about 4 p.m., had a belated
lunch, obtained my surveillance images from Konnarock and Nantucket,
spent some time getting continuing medical education credits on the
Internet, and then started to write the letter to Helmut which I've
just mailed, and of which I've sent you a copy. For some reason, 
the German was not as fluent as usual. That letter took much longer
than I had expected.

My immediate reaction to the hearing was one of relief. No need
just yet to draft my appeal. No need to pack up and spend wintry
weeks on Nantucket installing insulation, tiles, spiral stairs,
wooden floors, finish carpentry, - and all the other tasks which
would await me after a favorable verdict.  The surly judge, I
thought, had granted me a winter vacation, a Nantucket respite.
But that relief was short lived. Before the hearing, I had assumed
that the blatant irregularity of the Inspection Report would
preclude its admissibility. Today's judge, however, seemed prepared
to accept that report uncritically, at face value, and was prepared
to discount the engineer's report because it was legally cogent.

Mulling it all over, I conclude that it's time for me to obtain
discovery by requiring the production of documents, obtaining
interrogatories and requests for admission, and subsequent to
that taking depositions - of all the characters in the Nantucket
controversy. It will be much work, and it's hard to imagine that
much else will get done. 

It's 11:50 p.m.; time to go yo bed. Good night.
Jochen