She was also not allowed access to documents
needed in her own defense.
She will most certainly be summarily terminated--
deprived of her livelihood without due process--
another victim of Belmont Kangaroo Kort Justice.
"That does it," she told Andrea and James whose support
had never wavered throughout the ordeal. "I refuse to be one
of Burke's `unpitied sacrifice'. More specifically, I refuse
to be their victim. Perhaps the courts can do something.
Let's give it a shot."
The women on the panel took a lot of heat for the reconvening
of the hearing. Ricocheting across campus were the whisperings
and lamentations of Esther as she endeavored to absolve herself from blame.
Jane's battle with her conscience reached only the ears of her
closest friends, but her glacial features and bent posture bespoke
her frustration and her impotency.
The saddest of all was Annette who had quietly borne the conflicting
waves of testimony that flowed over her at the hearing. She had dared
to speak up a couple of times, but now she knew that it had been a mistake.
Whatever Henry asked her to sign, she would sign.
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