and so it came to pass that the appropriate writ was filed , and the intervening parties grumbled but could raise no sustainable objection-for it was still anyone 's right to have his day in court , electronic testimony being by no means mandatory-and on the appointed day andrew and little miss at last presented themselves at the surprisingly modest chambers of judge kramer of the fourth circuit of the regional court for the long-awaited hearing on the petition that was , for purely technical reasons , listed on the docket as martin vs. martin .