"
Roz brushed aside the praise, "Hey teach, I've got some
great news. The rest of the class is kicking in to make up
for what we lose in wages by attending the hearing."
Diana was delighted. The fact that many of her witnesses
were losing time at work to help her had caused a nagging
pain of remorse. Already, most of them had lost a day's pay
just sitting around waiting to testify yesterday.
While her witnesses occupied themselves in various ways--
studying, reading or conversing quietly, Diana sat down on the couch,
closed her eyes and sought to compose herself. Even though the panel
had instructed her to be there at nine with all her witnesses,
one never knew when the hearing would reconvene.
Good news indeed. What great people these were, she thought.
When the whole mess happened, this class of some two hundred
nutrition students had rounded up hundreds of signatures for
petitions sent to Lyle, Sam and the Pope. Many of the students
had gone to them in person to plead for justice.
Although most of the students were in the nursing school,
some came from the colleges of agriculture, arts and science
and special education.
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