Porter is the Ministry's witness. His signature voids the deed or validates it and he has not yet decided which he intends.

PorterI am supposed to certify the seal was made on the body. Not near it. On it. In the place the schedule names.

MalfoidThen sit down, Porter, and stop standing in the doorway looking like a man at a funeral.

PorterI am standing in the doorway because the alternative is sitting down, and once I sit down I have decided.