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suspicion that it might have happened like that
Voigt said with new briskness, "Well, that leaves just one further point, Mr.
Flamen, apart from congrayou on the restoration of your show to normal as of
Monday next. Will you ah will you be willing to continue working in
collaboration with Mr. Diablo? I sounded him out informally and he says he's
prepared to if you are. For some reason, in spite of the deposition of Mayor
Black "
"Him too?"
"You really have been hiding from the news, Mr. FlaVoigt said with frank
astonishment. "Yes, Mayor
Black was found mentally unfit for office yesterday afternoon. But I'm waiting
for my answer."
"Yes, I'd like to," Flamen said firmly. "I've been watchhis work while talking
to you. I like it.
He's very damned good. Why doesn't he want to go home, though, if Mayor Black
is being slung out?"
"There's been some ah friction in kneeblank circles recently," Voigt said. "It
may possibly stem from Mayor Black's invitation of Uys into the country.
However that may be, we are no longer troubled by the presence of Morton
Lenigo, thank goodness."
Flamen put his hand giddily to his head. "I feel as though I haven't even
blinked, and the world is a difplace!"
"It is," Voigt said with unexpected sternness. "We have had a week's relief
from something I'd long hoped you might find the courage to attack."
"What?"
"Gottschalk propaganda. I'd hardly have believed, myhow efficient they had
made it by now, had they not found themselves directly involved in
communicalast weekend, and had I not been able to
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which forbids corporations controlling public-service vu-transfacilities to
employ them for the promotion of their own products. I don't know how long it
will stick, but& Mr. Flamen, may I do something illegal, unand entirely
personal? May I ask you to return the small favor I've been able to do you by
devoting as much time as possible on your show from now on to detailed
analysis of Gottschalk techniques for fomenting discontent, hatred and
suspicion?"
It was the first time in all their long acquaintance that Flamen had seen
Voigt display such emotion. He was almost shaking.
"I can stall them for weeks at least, perhaps months, before they can break
out of their obligations and sell their holding in Holocosmic. Until that
time, we have a chance to fight back."
"But they'll still be my employers!"
"They'll have to swallow anything you choose to put on the beams. The Charter
also says that no news pro and yours counts as a news program shall be
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censored because the owners of the network wish to protect an advertiser from
unfavorable publicity conwith his products or services." Voigt grinned like a
fat cat. "We can switch from one to the other argument faster than they can
follow us, Mr. Flamen. I've had it comped, and it will work. So perhaps you'll
perform the ah public service I suggested?"
"Yes," Flamen said fervently.
"Thank you, very much indeed. I Why, Mrs. FlaVoigt's eyes widened, and in the
same moment Flamen realized Celia had got off her lounge and come to stand
silently at his elbow. "We haven't met in ages. I'm delighted to learn of your
recovery."
"You haven't learned the half of it," Flamen said, and put his arm around his
wife's waist.
"Perhaps the rest is ah not for publication?" Voigt said. He cocked one bushy
eyebrow. "Well, I'll go back to my own personal problems now and stop
bothering you. And once again my thanks for falling in with the suggestion I
made."
"What suggestion?" Celia said as the screen cleared. "I was half-dozing, I'm
afraid. I didn't hear much of what you were saying."
"I'm back in business!" Flamen said exultantly. "And what's more I've got the
chance to torpedo those bastards who tried to lose me. Believe me" he clenched
his fists
 "I'm going to see them go the same way as Mogshack and Mayor Black!"
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