Manly Wade Wellman - Chapbook 02 Page 13
Buckalew nodded gravely. “A rationalization worthy of your grandfather, Dillon. You’ll start back to work now?”
“Almost at once. I’m going to finish that condenser apparatus, and make Mars fertile again. The Mal- brook-Fielding fortune, founded on water monopoly, won’t long survive its owners. But,” and Stover waved the topic away, “we’re celebrating now, aren’t we?”
“We are,” said Buckalew. “What then? Shall I order a joy-lamp for you two susceptibles?”
Stover turned and looked very fondly at Bee.
“Your eyes are joy-lamp enough,” he told her gently, “for me for the rest of my life.”