Joris demanded, "What's all this about?"
"I found her out by the gate," the guard said. "She was gagged and her hands were tied."
"Trehearne," said Shairn to Joris. "He's an Orthist. He came here to help Edri escape."
"Did he!" said Joris. "Did he now!" He looked at Trehearne. "You stand where you are. Don't try anything." He reached into a drawer of the table and covered him with the lens of another tube.
"An Orthist, eh?" he said softly. He began to laugh.
SIXTEEN
Shairn sat down on the edge of Joris' table. She smiled at Trehearne and in this moment he hated her. He looked from Joris to the guard and back again and did nothing. There was nothing then that he could do.
"Would you have believed it of him, Joris?" said Shairn. "Would you have thought that he could turn on us after all we did for him?"
Joris leaned back in his chair. "Shairn," he said, "I'm sorry it had to be this way."