... another in the language of the spaceports. Iunderstood one word in four. I shut my eyes, not caring. At the end of the trip there would be another star, another world, another language.Another ... in the dark street.It took me only an instant to get into the street after her, but as I steppedacross the door there was a little stirring in the air, like the rising of heatwaves across the ... intoviolence.Then I became aware that they were gazing, not at me, but atsomething or someone behind me. The skeans snicked back into the clasps of their cloaks.Then they broke rank, turned and ran. They...