 Was Kalrab correct in how he felt about the Earthmen?
"It is an outrage," said Koltan of the House of Masur, "that the Earthmen land among the Thorabians!" Personally, he was in favor of the coming of the Earthmen to the world of Zur. "It is a damned imposition," agreed Morvan, ignoring his father's philosophical attitude. By this, he seemed to imply that the Thorabians would rob the Earthmen, which the Lorians would not. Still smarting, Zotul went back to his designing quarters and thought about the Earthmen. Accurate reporting, much less a newspaper, was unknown on Zur. In spite of the fact that a terrestrial ship had landed at every Zurian city of major and minor importance, and all in a single day, it took some time for the news to spread. Within five years of the first landing of the Earthmen, every major city on the globe had a printing press, a daily newspaper, and enjoyed the instantaneous transmission of news via telegraph. "As I have always said from the beginning," chortled Director Koltan, "this coming of the Earthmen had been a great thing for us, and especially for the House of Masur." Alas for that suggestion, no newspaper would accept advertising from the House of Masur; all available space was occupied by the advertisements of the Earthmen. In their dozenth conference since that first and fateful one, the brothers Masur decided upon drastic steps. For one, old Kalrab had passed on to his immortal rest, but this made no real difference.
 No - he said clay and their fortune would last forever, and he was wrong
 Kind of - he was right when he said the Earthmen weren't something to worry about, but he was wrong about clay lasting forever  No - he said clay and their fortune would last forever, and he was wrong  Yes - he said the Earthmen weren't something to worry about, and he was right  Yes - he said clay and their fortune would last forever, and he was right