"No! That won't do, not now. But—are all the technical details of this public?"
"Why, yes," said Arch. "Anybody can make capacitite."
"If you issued a denial—"
"Too late, I'm afraid. Somebody's bound to try it anyway."
Sagdahl looked grim. "You can be held incommunicado," he said. "This is a very serious matter."
"Yes," said Elizabeth. "The AP man will think so too, if he can't get a story."
"Well—"
"Oh, dear! My Russell Wright coffee cup!"
Nothing happened overnight. That was the hardest thing to believe. By all the rules, life should have been suddenly and dramatically transformed; but instead, there were only minor changes, day by day, small incidents. Meanwhile you ate, slept, worked, paid bills, made love and conversation, as you had always done.