Before the file is opened, the adjuster will note the following, which the firm regards as settled:

1. The case is concluded in one evening. There is no provision for adjournment.

2. Where an assessment of the evidence is attempted, one attempt is permitted. The dice decide. A disputed finding is not erased; it becomes part of the record, and the record is read at the end.

3. Five faculties attend the adjuster in the margins of this file. Their advice is their own.

4. Nothing entered in this file can be withdrawn. The firm does not employ an eraser and sees no reason the adjuster should.

5. The verdict is the adjuster's alone. So is what it costs.