"Oh, Christ, don't torture the man," said Edri wearily to Shairn. Then
he looked at Trehearne and said, "Llyrdis is our home world, the fourth
planet of the star you call Aldebaran."
That was all he said. No one else spoke, there was not a sound inside
the ancient room of stone, and even outside all noise had ceased, and
the word _Aldebaran_ tolled in that silence like a far-off bell. A
curious weakness came over Trehearne. Shairn's face grew misty and
indistinct. The solid ground, the Earth on which he stood, slipped out
from under him and vast yawning windows opened on all sides, windows
into space, into darkness and wild light....