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The Lotus Eaters-4
"Anyway, I had wits enough to notice them!" she retorted, flushing. "But there's part of the mystery, Ham. Oscar's mind is a vegetable mind!" She paused, puffing her cigarette as he packed his pipe. "Do you suppose," she asked suddenly, "that the presence of Oscar and his crew represents a menace to human occupancy of Venus? I know they're dark-side creatures, but what if mines are discovered here? What if there turns out to be a field for commercial exploitation? Humans can't live indefinitely away from sunlight, I know, but there might be a need for temporary colonies here, and what then?" "Well, what then?" rejoined Ham. "Yes; what then? Is there room on the same planet for two intelligent races? Won't there be a conflict of interests sooner or later?" "What of it?" he grunted. "Tho
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