"Looking for something?" asked Don. Arden turned from the window and faced him.
"I was trying to see Niagara Falls," she smiled. "I've heard that you could see 'em from Buffalo."
"What do you want to see Niagara Falls for, anyway? Just a lot of water falling over a cliff at two pints to the quart."
"If you recall, chum, we went to Mars, not Niagara. There wasn't two pints of water on the whole planet, let alone a thing like Niagara."
Don nodded. "At the risk of offending a lot of Buffalonians, I'm beginning to dislike the place."
"It isn't the people," said Arden. "It's the position we're in. Bad, huh?"
"Not going too good at all. Kingman slips in a sly dig every now and then. Frankly, I am getting worried. He's got a few points that really hit close to home. If he can sell the judge on a couple more of them, we'll be under the sod."
"You won't be out entirely, will you?"
"Not entirely. He'll have to use the beams of Venus Equilateral to operate, but he'll be collecting all the real gravy. We'll just be leasing our beams to him."