Bolton snored lightly in his chair, the fleet status reports tumbled from his lap and scattered about the floor at his feet. Gilbert, his great-grand niece, secretary, housekeeper and companion puttered about the room doing this and that quietly. On the vid tube in the corner the Newswatch election was on. Harvey Bopper was in the lead. There were two major elections in Sol system, one decided who was going to the senate and executive offices; the other decided who was the top media broadcaster.