He ignored her question, asked, "Are you being held by Karfial Hodes?"
She nodded.
"Why?"
She exhibited surprise. "Karfial Hodes knows that I am the principal agent of the counter revolutionaries. But if he thinks that by eliminating me he can block the forces opposing him, he's overestimating my importance."
"Eliminating?" said Jaro mildly. "Are you in any danger?"
She shrugged again. "The Mercurians aren't butchers. They merely hold me until the revolution begins."
Jaro said: "Where does Karfial Hodes keep himself?"
She shook her head.
"That little pianist, the gunman, how did he escape?"
"Stanley, you mean Stanley. Did he get away?" she asked him eagerly.