Books In English "City Of Illusions" Ursula K. Le Guin | Page 150

Dangerous ground. He was all alert now, in control, a player in the
game not a piece to be moved: and he sensed the electric tension behind
the three rigid faces.
"Prech Ramarren," Abundibot said, "as Har Orry was too young to
have learned the precise distances involved, we have never had the honor
of knowing exactly where Werel is located, though of course we have a
general idea. As he had learned very little Galaktika, Har Orry was unable
to tell us the Galaktika name for Werel's sun, which of course would be
meaningful to us, who share the language with you as a heritage from the
days of the League. Therefore we have been forced to wait for your
assistance, before we could attempt ansible contact with Werel, or prepare
the coordinates on the ship we have ready for you."
"You do not know the name of the star Werel circles?"
"That unfortunately is the case. If you care to tell us—"
"I cannot tell you."
The Shing could not be surprised; they were too self-absorbed, too
egocentric. Abundibot and Ken Kenyek registered nothing at all. Kradgy
said in his strange, dreary, precise whisper, "You mean you don't know
either?"
"I cannot tell you the True Name of the Sun," Ramarren said serenely.
This time he caught the flicker of mindspeech, Ken Kenyek to
Abundibot: I told you so.
"I apologize, prech Ramarren for my ignorance in inquiring after a
forbidden matter. Will you forgive me? We do not know your ways, and
though ignorance is a poor excuse it is all I can plead." Abundibot was
creaking on when all at once the boy Orry interrupted him, scared into
wakefulness:
"Prech Ramarren, you—you will be able to set the ship's coordinates?
You do remember what—what you knew as Navigator?"
Ramarren turned to him and asked quietly, "Do you want to go home,
vesprechna?"
"Yes!"
"In twenty or thirty days, if it pleases these Lords who offer us so
great a gift, we shall return in their ship to Werel. I am sorry," he went on,
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