Spender attempts to persuade Wilder that human settlement of Mars must, at the least, be delayed by a half century, in order to let archaeologists uncover and learn from the wisdom of the ancient Martians. Although he resorts to violence to enforce his vision of what Mars’ future should be-and, as such, must eventually be stopped (and killed) by expedition commander Captain Wilder-he does grasp the fundamental conflict between the arriving human settlers and the nearly extinct Martian civilization of the distant past.
Surprisingly, this doesn't make their marriage any happier.Spender is the member of the Fourth Expedition who “goes native” on Mars, identifying with the grand but dead civilization of the Red Planet, a civilization not left alone even to rot in peace because of the encroaching human settlers. 
Yll heads off with his gun, telling Ylla he's going "hunting." And he is-hunting (and killing) Earth Men. Since Ylla talks in her sleep, she gives away a few deets about how the Earth Men are coming. He tries to distract her and makes up excuses for why she can't go out to meet Nathaniel York. Anyway, it turns out that all Ylla needed to do was cook up a reason for Yll to be jealous, because now he's definitely paying attention to her. (Hint: if you're having sexy dreams about someone other than your lawfully wedded spouse, you should probably keep them to yourself.). York has a co-pilot named Bert, but Bert apparently isn't the type to sweep Martian housewives off their feet. Ylla starts to have some scandalous dreams about an Earth Man named Nathaniel York, who will hop on over to Earth, tell her she's pretty, and sweep her off her feet. Now she does the housework while he ignores her. Think "Alexander" and "Alexandra," or "Joseph" and "Josephine." You know they're meant to be together, because they've practically got the same name. from Mars!) couple who used to be in love. 
First, we get a look at Ylla and Yll, an unhappily married Martian (i.e.
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