"Then," White said, "we've solved our exploding population problem,
haven't we?"
"For the time being, we have," Camhorn agreed. "As a matter of fact,
Lolly, that's precisely what the meeting I'm headed for is about."
"Then the Terran Freeholders can stop worrying about the political
pressures that have threatened to turn Terra into another hygienically
overcrowded slum-world."
"True enough," Camhorn said. "In another few years, if things go right,
every man, woman and child can become a Freeholder--somewhere."
"So the Trelawneys got what they wanted, after all...."
"They did, in a way. If the brothers knew the whole score, I think
they'd be satisfied. The situation has been explained to their niece.
She is."