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The full significance of the affair began to dawn on the officer. The translucene trees grew only in this favored section of Mercury, and the Earth company had a monopoly of the entire supply. THE FULL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AFFAIR BEGAN TO DAWN ON THE OFFICER THE TRANSLUCING TREES GREW ONLY IN THIS FAVORED SECTION OF MERCURY AND THE EARTH COMPANY HAD A MONOPOLY OF THE ENTIRE SUPPLY
e did not look dense. Indeed, he was obviously a shrewd character. "Let me see your 'lucene." Morones rose. Despite his bulk he stepped nimbly. He had the nimbleness of a Saturnian bear, which is great, as some of the earlier explorers learned to their dismay. "That's the first sensible question you've asked," Morones snorted. "Take a look at our 'lucene. Ha! Have a good look!" He led the way across the compound, waved his hand before the door of a strongly built shed in a swift, definite combination, and the door opened, revealing the interior. He waved invitingly. "You go first," Olear said. With a sneer Morones stepped in. "You're safe, boy, you're safe." Olear looked at the small pile on the floor in astonishment. Instead of the beautiful, semi-transparent chips of translucene, the dried sap of a Mercurian tree which is invaluable to the world as the source of an unfailing cancer cure, there were only a few dirty, dried up shavings, hardly worth shipping back to Earth for refining. E DID NOT REALIZE THAT HE WAS IN LINE FOR SUSPICION AND HE DID NOT LOOK DENSE INDEED HE WAS OBVIOUSLY A SHREWD CHARACTER LET ME SEE YOU LUCINE MORIN'S ROSE DESPITE HIS BULK HE STEPPED NIMBLY HE HAD THE NIMBLENESS OF A SATURNIAN BEAR WHICH IS GREAT AS SOME OF THE EARLY EXPLORERS LEARNED TO THEIR DISMAY THAT'S THE FIRST SENSIBLE QUESTION YOU'VE ASKED MORINE SNORTED TAKE A LOOK AT OUR LUCINE HA HAVE A GOOD LOOK HE LED THE WAY ACROSS THE COMPOUND WAVED HIS HAND BEFORE THE DOOR OF A STRONGLY BUILT SHED IN A SWIFT DEFINITE COMBINATION AND THE DOOR OPEN REVEALING THE INTERIOR HE WAVED INVITINGLY YOU GO FIRST ELIA SAID WITH A SNEER MORIN STEPPED IN YOU'RE SAFE BOY YOU'RE SAFE ELIDA LOOKED AT THE SMALL PILE ON THE FLOOR IN ASTONISHMENT INSTEAD OF THE BEAUTIFUL SEMITRANSPARENT CHIPS OF TRANSLUCIN THE DRIED SAP OF A MERCURIAN TREE WHICH IS INVALUABLE TO THE WORLD AS THE SOURCE OF AN UNFAILING CANER CURE THERE WERE ONLY A FEW DIRTY DRIED UP SHAVINGS HARDLY WORTH SHIPPING BACK TO EARTH FOR REFINING
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