"Apparently. There were a lot of things in his talk which I couldn't
understand until now; but it's clear enough--the doctor's right."
"Then," pursed the girl deliberately, "the Capellans have divided
the world between them, so that the working classes inhabit
one-half, and the capitalists the other?"
The doctor explained that the dividing was all done by the owners.
"Every bit of the land on the residence planet is privately owned,
with the exception of certain small amusement tracts. Theoretically,
the planet is open to one and all; practically no worker is welcome
there for more than a few hours, and then only in one of those
parks. There is no hotel."
Van Emmon was straining his memory. "Let's see--I heard Powart name
the place. He called it--called it--Hafen!"
"Yes. And the other--the world which is the home of the working
people, but which they do not own; the world whose factories and
farms provide a standard living for the workers and lives of luxury
for the owners--this world is known as Holl.
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