and this is especially true, isn't it, because of your friendship with harry singleton? judge thomas: that is right. if she was concerned about job security, i could have certainly discussed with harry singleton what he is ae done with her personal friend of mine. he is also, or was, a personal friend of the individual who recommended anita hill to me, gil hardy. gil -- gil hardy. gil hardy of course drowned in 1988, but both of us or all three of us had gone to yale law school and knew each other quite well. senator hatch: now, judge thomas, i understand that on occasion, and you correct me if this is wrong, but i have been led to believe that on occasion professor hill would ask you to drive her home, and that on those occasions she would sometimes invite you into her home to continue a discussion, but you never thought anything -- you never thought of any of this as anything more than normal, friendly, professional conversation with a colleague. am i correct on that, or am i wrong? judge thomas: it was not unusual to me, senator. as i remember it, i lived in southwest

and this is especially true, isn't it, because of your friendship with harry singleton? judge thomas: that is right. if she was concerned about job security, i could have certainly discussed with harry singleton what he is ae done with her personal friend of mine. he is also, or was, a personal friend of the individual who recommended anita hill to me, gil hardy. gil -- gil hardy. gil hardy of course drowned in 1988, but both of us or all three of us had gone to yale law school and knew each other quite well. senator hatch: now, judge thomas, i understand that on occasion, and you correct me if this is wrong, but i have been led to believe that on occasion professor hill would ask you to drive her home, and that on those occasions she would sometimes invite you into her home to continue a discussion, but you never thought anything -- you never thought of any of this as anything more than normal, friendly, professional conversation with a colleague. am i correct on that, or am i wrong? judge thomas: it was not unusual to me, senator. as i remember it, i lived in southwest