Dr. Brooks plugged into an overhead beam and the mutape immediately began to chatter: "What is your first name, Miss Knox?" "Delia," she said. "Pete Brooks." "Carl," the big man growled as he folded the gates. "Call me Bill," said Mr. Barger's tape. Mr. Barger's square hand motioned her closer beside him. "Delia, do you know what we must do when we reach England? We must use the atom bomb first, before the admen have full control. Only then may we return to the America we know. The real America." "Do the English know?" asked Miss Knox. "Of course," she said. "They heard the broadcasts, and their scientists understood. They have supported our Royalty Party for years. I think I could increase the range of my device and reach America before they reached England--but there is no time for that. The world must unite against invasion. Even the Russians know that there is no limit to the scope or methods of greedy marketing specialists"--the machine punched out a pattern of giggles and chuckles--"and I doubt if the Russians could ever invent a radiocompressor." "Are _all_ the admen part of this?" "Absolutely not, young lady! The very great majority has always followed a strict code of ethics that the very small minority has always subverted. Many ethical admen are in the birds now, on their way to England--knowing perfectly well that England is poor territory for emotional salesmanship." "But why a Royalty Party in a democracy?" Miss Knox asked. "Royalty--" The tape showed amusement. "Not aristocracy. Royalty, as in share of and control over. Motto of the Royalty Party: 'The inventor is worthy of his invention,' meaning the right to say how his discovery shall or shall not be used--or not be used at all, if it can only be destructive--as well as sharing in the proceeds. Unreasonable attitudes are not possible; we have an Appeals Board that can overrule a pig-headed patentee. Radiocompressors were intended for beautification of environment, not deception or thought control." "Why England?" she persisted. "Pretty generally, the Royalty code is and has been standard procedure there. Like their constitution, it hasn't had to be put in writing." "Aren't there slums and unsightly monuments in England, too?" "Of course. Why do you think they would like to have the invention? But it's safe there; it won't be subverted to thought control and sales engineering.... Tell me, Delia, is Dr. Gesner on this ambulance? I would like to meet him." Dr. Brooks had come back from the control room. He sat beside her on the bed. "Dr. Gesner went ahead with Dr. Hamilton," he said, "because you're healthier than either one of them. But, Mr. Barger--Bill--doesn't light-wave interference need two overlapping projectors plus the subliminal image? We only found one."