Only Henry and Anuse returned
her gaze, the women kept their eyes steadfastly on their papers
which they held like shields before them. Useless, she thought,
then aloud said, "Thank you. I have concluded my statement."
"I would like to clarify a few things," Henry began pontifically.
"The record will show that the remarks you have made are your opinions.
We will not respond to them. I want to make it clear, however,
that I am a chairman of a committee of the faculty--not the prosecutor."
There, he thought selfrighteously, that will show her that I can quote
my lawyer too.
"Secondly, we do not decide anything. We will not recommend anything.
We are merely the investigating committee which makes the report."
Chapter 36
True to form, Henry adjourned the second hearing with lies--
it didn't matter, he reflected, we have the power.
The hearing panel met the next day. Each person was given a copy
of the report that Henry had prepared. "Read it and when you have finished,
come over here and sign this original. I will require that you turn in
your copies today. You are to keep this report in confidence.
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