He shoved
an 8 x 10 inch piece of white cardboard into her hand.
On it, printed in large letters, was the legend:
BEAM ME UP SCOTTY. THERE'S NO INTELLIGENT LIFE DOWN HERE!
The hearing room was about 30 feet square with no outside windows.
The front, facing the hallway contained the door. The rest of
the front wall was glass, similar to the neighboring witness room,
but here the curtains were tightly closed as if the room was ashamed
to reveal what was to take place inside.
A large table nearly filled the room, and seated along the
far side of it, nearest the front of the room, sat four members
of the hearing panel. At the head of the table, with his back
to the blinded glass wall, Henry had enthroned himself.
Diana was curtly directed to a seat also on the far side
of the table at the back of the room. There were several
chairs between her and the panel.
Across the table from the panel sat Janet Parks, the court reporter,
with her back to the door. She was accessorized with a recording machine
beside her and a backup tape recorder on the table.
Janet, as her profession demanded, tended to fade into the woodwork.
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