 How does the "Old Serpent" know that the crew is returning with settlers?
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, March 1961. If you find no other spot then we will go down on that one the next time it is in position under us, in about twelve hours." If we find no others then we will go down boldly and visit this." The Little Probe hovered stationary in the light and the moon-town came up under the dawn. There was a man and a woman, and they were clothed either in very bright garments or in no garments at all, but only in a very bright light. "And very little else," said Father Briton, "though that light trick does serve a purpose.
 It has happened before. He knows that people cannot resist the temptation and takes advantage of it.
 He understands people, and that they'll want to have their way with the planet.  Like Adam, he has extraordinary perception and can predict it happening.  It has happened before. He knows that people cannot resist the temptation and takes advantage of it.  The crew made it clear they would return.