ces. 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. She was also generous with her assertion that Diana was
a totally honest person.

"We have had problems sometimes working together, but the one thing I
was sure of was her absolute, utter honesty. This charge came as a
horrible shock to me, and that is the truth.

"To give you an idea of how much I trust her, there are two people in
the department that I would feel right about leaving alone in my office
and she was one of them. I wouldn't even trust Lyle."

Throughout the testimony of this witness, the panel continually
interrupted the cross examinations of Diana. This happened at
especially crucial times when important evidence was on the verge of
being brought out or confirmed. One time, to the chagrin of Henry and
Frank, it worked in Trenchant's favor.

Henry had interrupted to ask Ann about a rather damning quote
attributed to her by Lyle which appeared on Diana's yearly
Reappointment Appraisal Sheet. It read, "I believe that she (Diana) is
completely ineffective in the summer medical nutrition course and
should be replaced."

Ann was adamant that she had not said that. Instead, she insisted,
"When the chairman came to me for my input on your appraisal, I told
him what you had told me," directing her answer at Diana, "which was
that you felt ineffective. I told him that I thought you had tried
de