"Have a nice trip?" he asked.
"What's all this about not changing the shoe styles?" Andy countered.
"As I told you in the message," Blahrog said impatiently, "We make our shoes in the best possible shapes for the feet that will wear them. There isn't any good reason to change them."
"You can't sell people two pairs of identical shoes," Andy insisted.
"You might be able to sell them if you changed them," Miss Featherpenny added, sounding reasonable.
"Save your arguments for the Everking," Blahrog said. "Come on to the car."
"Car?" Miss Featherpenny exclaimed. "The Everking's?"
"No, mine." Blahrog couldn't keep the pride out of his voice. "There are nearly two hundred cars on Felix II."
Andy went over the same ground in the presence of the Everking. It didn't help. The Everking, his minister and his Debators were solidly against changing the shoes. The ethics of the Cobblers' Guild were involved.
"If you won't follow Planetary Promotions' advice," he said at last, "the company can't be responsible for the outcome." He glared at the assembly. "In other words, the guarantee clause is cancelled."