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There
was
barely
time
to
seat
him
on
Mike
’
s
right
,
as
the
improvised
flag
was
even
then
being
set
up
behind
them
.
Music
started
to
play
,
everyone
stood
,
and
a
voice
proclaimed
:
"
The
Secretary
General
!
"
Jubal
had
considered
having
Mike
remain
seated
while
Douglas
came
in
,
but
had
rejected
the
idea
;
he
was
not
trying
to
place
Mike
a
notch
higher
than
Douglas
but
merely
to
establish
that
the
meeting
was
between
equals
.
So
,
when
he
stood
up
,
he
signaled
Mike
to
do
so
likewise
.
The
great
double
doors
at
the
back
of
the
conference
hall
had
opened
at
the
first
strains
of
"
Hail
to
Sovereign
Peace
"
and
Douglas
came
in
.
He
went
straight
to
his
chair
and
started
to
sit
down
.
Instantly
Jubal
signaled
Mike
to
sit
down
,
the
result
being
that
Mike
and
the
Secretary
General
sat
down
simultaneously
–
with
a
long
,
respectful
pause
of
some
seconds
before
anyone
else
resumed
his
seat
.
Jubal
held
his
breath
.
Had
LaRue
done
it
?
Or
not
?
He
hadn
’
t
quite
promised
–
Then
the
first
fortissimo
tocsin
of
the
"
Mars
"
movement
filled
the
room
-
the
"
War
God
"
theme
that
startles
even
an
audience
expecting
it
.
With
his
eyes
on
Douglas
and
with
Douglas
looking
back
at
him
,
Jubal
was
at
once
up
out
of
his
chair
again
,
like
a
scared
recruit
snapping
to
attention
.
Douglas
stood
up
,
too
,
not
as
quickly
but
promptly
.
But
Mike
did
not
get
up
;
Jubal
had
not
signalled
him
to
do
so
.
He
sat
quietly
,
impassively
,
quite
unembarrassed
by
the
fact
that
everyone
else
without
any
exception
got
quickly
back
on
his
feet
when
the
Secretary
General
stood
up
.
Mike
did
not
understand
any
of
it
and
was
quite
content
to
do
what
his
water
brother
told
him
to
do
.
Jubal
had
puzzled
over
this
bit
,
after
he
had
demanded
the
"
Martian
Anthem
.
"
If
the
demand
was
met
,
what
should
Mike
do
while
it
was
played
?
It
was
a
nice
point
,
and
the
answer
depended
on
just
what
role
Mike
was
playing
in
this
comedy
-
The
music
stopped
.
On
Jubal
’
s
signals
Mike
then
stood
up
,
bowed
quickly
,
and
sat
down
,
seating
himself
about
as
the
Secretary
General
and
the
rest
were
seated
.
They
were
all
back
in
their
seats
much
more
quickly
this
time
,
as
no
one
could
have
missed
the
glaring
point
that
Mike
had
remained
seated
through
the
"
anthem
.
"
Jubal
sighed
with
relief
.
He
had
gotten
away
with
it
.
A
great
many
years
earlier
he
had
seen
one
of
that
vanishing
tribe
of
royalty
(
a
reigning
queen
)
receive
a
parade
–
and
he
had
noticed
that
the
royal
lady
had
bowed
after
her
anthem
was
played
,
i
.
e
.
,
she
had
acknowledged
a
salute
offered
to
her
own
sovereign
self
.
But
the
political
head
of
a
democracy
stands
and
uncovers
for
his
nation
’
s
anthem
like
any
other
citizen
–
for
he
is
not
a
sovereign
.
But
,
as
Jubal
had
pointed
out
to
LaRue
,
one
couldn
’
t
have
it
two
ways
.
Either
Mike
was
merely
a
private
citizen
(
in
which
case
this
silly
gymkhana
should
never
have
been
held
;
Douglas
should
have
had
the
guts
to
tell
all
these
overdressed
parasites
to
stay
home
!
)
–
or
,
by
the
preposterous
legal
theory
inherent
in
the
Larkin
Decision
,
the
kid
was
a
sovereign
all
by
his
little
lonesome
.
Jubal
felt
tempted
to
offer
LaRue
a
pinch
of
snuff
.
Well
,
the
point
had
not
been
missed
by
at
least
one
–
the
Papal
Nuncio
was
keeping
his
face
straight
but
his
eyes
were
twinkling
.
Douglas
started
to
speak
:
"
Mr
.
