The first cancellation had the right name and the wrong reach.
It withdrew the escort instruction. It didn't mention the attempt that had put me in the sling.
I pointed at the line. The officer placed the later order beside it.
"That's the first notice the factor sent. This one replaces it. Both stay in the file."
The earlier date remained visible beside the narrower wording. I had nearly treated the first page as proof that the rest was equally incomplete. The officer let me compare them before turning to the acknowledgments.
"Which is in force now?" I asked.
He showed me the entry linking the later order to the one it replaced. The first notice hadn't vanished because a better one arrived. Someone reading the file later would be able to follow the correction too.
I copied both references onto my own page. My hand was tired, and the left-handed numbers leaned in several directions. I read them back before deciding I could leave them that way.
