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h opinion of academic honesty." A young woman of exceptional intelligence and ability, Andrea had graduated from Belmont, summa cum laude, with a BA, after completion of a double, self-designed major. Because of her great love and knowledge of books, she found employment in the library where she soon became indispensable. There were those at Belmont who recognized and revered exceptional ability and were not threatened by it. On being questioned as to what she knew about work conditions in NERD, she observed that from what she had heard from Diana, it wasn't a very happy place to work. Directing her answer toward Trenchant, she divulged, "You were not my only source for this information. My aunt works in the department and I heard from both of you enough to form that impression. "Just last month, my aunt told me that you may have been given an excessive course load in an attempt to break your spirit or drive you out of the department, much in the same way that she was given a very minimum salary increase, in an attempt to get her to move on." Andrea continued by confirming that the laboratory manual that had been used in the course for two years was indeed written by Diana in her own home, with her own equipment and on her own time. She, Andrea, had witnessed this and had helped with the proof reading. Feigning a bored expression that he did not feel, Henry asked if she had any evidence specific to the critiques in question. "No, nothing specific, except if she were out to discredit someone on the faculty, she would certainly have brains enough to do something effective--not play with SmurFFs," Andrea delivered, with a chuckle. Then she continued in a serious, almost censoring tone, "I'm surprised that you actually take this charge seriously. You should have better sense. The whole campus is laughing at you." As Henry seemed on the verge of apoplexy, Anuse quickly asked who her aunt was. Andrea looked directly at him and answered, "Dr. Biggot. She teaches nutrition to the freshman medical students." Esther wanted to be clear. "Your aunt confirmed in both cases, hers and Trenchant, that this was an underlying way of getting rid of them." "Exactly. She felt that they were not welcome in the department and that this was a way to encourage them to move on." "Now, we'll have no more of this," Henry interjected, "we really can't take second hand information here. I have already warned you peo
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