"How did you know?"
"The little death," Villanowski explained complacently. "When Miss Petrovna told me her dream, I knew...."
"You are a T.I.S. agent!" Nadia interrupted in an odd voice. She put her hand on Gavin's sleeve. "You're going to turn me over to the courts?"
Two white patches appeared at the corners of Gavin's mouth. "Sure. The patrol spacers are on their way. I couldn't turn them back now—" he paused—"even if I wanted to."
"Give me a chance, Gavin?"
He asked, "Why did you sell out to Tri-World?"
The girl lifted her eyes to his. "I was proscribed. Tri-World has granted me amnesty. That was their price. My life. I wouldn't have done it, Gavin, but I was afraid."
"Does that explain why you tried to double-cross Tri-World in the first place?"
"I told you about that."
"And what about Trev? He hid you out when you were proscribed. He got you aboard the Nova. Why did you sell him out to Cabot?"