That afternoon, Mr. Davidge testified, Sir Anthony gave him a three-page handwritten memo laying out a cooperation agreement with Mr. Taubman.
Not long after the cooperation agreement, he testified, Sir Anthony told him to expect a call from his counterpart at Sotheby's, Diana D. Brooks, president and chief executive, to carry out the pact.
That is not what he testified to, sir. Go look at the transcript.
Asked in court for his thoughts during the period he had sat on the grassy turf, he testified, "Well, sir, I was wishing I wasn't in the situation I was in.
Cross-examined at Meserve's trial as to why he had shifted his position, Eriksson testified, "Well, sir, these gentlemen seemed to me — oh, I should say kind of enthused about what was going on.
Mr. Griffith-Jones had already risen to say that he was calling no witnesses beyond the Scotland Yard man, who, on the opening day, had testified to visiting Sir Allen Lane and serving the summons.
A10 The director of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, Sir Richard Dearlove, testified that his agency was fully involved in preparing the disputed dossier on Iraqi weapons.
"Big-time favors, sir," he testified, when asked what he expected to get from the Venezuelan government for the effort to keep Mr. Antonini Wilson from talking.
As Sir David testified on Tuesday, the risk is that as they happen - as in 2005-06 when he was in charge of the health authority that oversaw Stafford - eyes are taken off the ball.
He said Mr. Davidge would testify about what Sir Anthony told him about those meetings and that subsequently Mr. Davidge was directed to meet with Ms. Brooks to match their fee schedules.
He was on the stand for three days, ending yesterday, testifying that at Sir Anthony's direction he repeatedly met Mrs. Brooks to carry out an agreement to jointly raise nonnegotiable fees for auction sellers and eliminate costly business practices like making no-interest loans to clients.
