The registrar found nothing wrong with the drawing. He checked the scale, counted the numbered sections, and followed a correction in the margin back to its source. The woman across the desk waited with both hands resting on her closed map case.
I recognized her from yesterday's queue. She had found the registrar she needed. From the way she watched his pen, finding him hadn't made the visit easier.
"The western line is faint on the original," he said.
"I've marked the uncertain part. The confirmed measurements are separate."
He looked at the margin again.
"Yes. I see."
She moved one finger toward the lower corner, stopping short of touching his ruler.
"The overlap is here. It looks like a repeated section if you turn the copy without the reference mark."
