ect the employee. I waive that
protection." To herself, she thought, I know from experience that I
have much more protection in public opinion than I have as a member of
the faculty of Belmont University.

"Interested citizens and the press are waiting outside. They were
prevented from coming in. I respectfully request that they be allowed
to enter." Prevented was right, she thought, a plethora of Kampus
Kops was guarding the door of the hearing room. Henry was indeed
worried that the goings-on in the hearing room might be observed by an
impartial observer and had taken steps to prevent it.

"No." He answered, "It is the policy of the university that hearings
be closed. We will now proceed to the testimony of the second document
examiner."

Henry was pleased to note that while Amos Avery, the handwriting
analyst, was being sworn, the panel members played with the files on
the table in front of them. He had met with each of the women
individually and had whipped them into line. His eyes sparkled as he
recalled their helplessness and his feelings of power.

Henry next proceeded to enter into evidence various letters and the
handwriting documents. Diana, under instructions from her attorney,
objected. Objections which would have been given credence in a court
of law were just ignored by Henry. The only thing all the legal patter
accomplished was to increase the tension and the red in his face.

Well, I'll just have to bear it, he thought grimly. That sharp lawyer,
Simon Murrain, hired by The Pope to advise them on both hearings had
been adamant. "Always let her speak. You can interrupt her witnesses,
you can even ignore what she says or refuse what she may request. But
always let her have her say. We can't have her complaining that she
didn't get a fair hearing." Henry remembered how he had laughed at the
simplicity of that strategy.

Concerning what she was saying now, Henry wasn't about to pay any
attention. The objections Trenchant was making were important, having
to do with the evidence. The writing used as standards were still not
authenticated. The copies of microfiche files were almost unreadable
due to their being covered with dots and black lines.

In contention were the extra standards that this analyst had requested
since he could not be sure of the authorship of the 'suspect' SmurFFs
using the same standards provided to the first analyst.

"You are not following any rules of evid