She shook her head sadly, wondering what she would have done in
similar circumstances. Would she also chose not to reveal the
truth to the committee, fearing reprisals?
In response to several other questions posed by the panel,
Ann Biggot proclaimed that she had no fear of reprisal for her
testimony, but every so often a Freudian slip would break out
from her careful answers. She was confirming a question from
Diana concerning how both of them were often overlooked when
departmental journals were circulated. "If I didn't get a
journal, I would just take it out of someone else's box," she
said angrily, then with a guilty expression, "Maybe I won't
be working there next week."
Jane asked, "Does he customarily yell or get angry at people?"
Avoiding the question, Ann replied, "The biggest problem
with him is getting him to put his answers down in writing."
She did, however, confirm that she had been asked to testify
by Diana and had begged off. "Not really because of losing my
job. . .it was just that it was so serious a charge. . ."
Ann amply substantiated what Diana had already testified to
regarding her many attempts to communicate with Lyle and
establish a better relationship.
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