 How had the brothers changed by the end of the story?
By this, he seemed to imply that the Thorabians would rob the Earthmen, which the Lorians would not. This, for some unknown reason and much to the disgust of the Lorians, was set up in Thorabia. 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. In their dozenth conference since that first and fateful one, the brothers Masur decided upon drastic steps. Happily for the brothers, they did not understand this at the time or they would surely have gone back to be buried in their own clay.
 they were so defeated they no longer beat him
 they cared more about Zotul  they were so defeated they no longer beat him  they decided to give him more responsibility in the company  they hated Zotul more than ever