Henry hoped there would be now more gaffes, especially since
The Pope had gotten after them. He congratulated himself
for thinking to ask. He knew from experience that The Pope
could be very persuasive.
The first witness called by the panel was the university attorney,
Mark Rogers. He entered the room, spoke to everyone there, addressing
them by name, and took the seat indicated just across from Diana.
Mark would never be called handsome. He carried a bit too
much weight in his face for that. He was, however, garrulous.
This part of his character endeared him to the administration
that he served so well, since his long winded approach to any
problem brought to him, bored most people to death before
they got any answer.
This saved the administrators the problem of dealing with
most complaints brought by faculty and staff. If the
administrators wanted some legal answers, they contacted a real
lawyer, usually Simon Murrain, from a high priced law firm in town.
Mark had never had any success as an attorney in the real world,
but here in the cloistered world of academia, he flourished.
In the rapidly changing meaning of words, Mark knew which side
of the butter the bread was on.
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