"People were made ignorant?"asked Veronica. "Deliberately?"
The Guardian nodded.
"By Mark London."
"Well, some people believe that to be a bad name. You don't meet many Marks today, much less Londons."she told him.
"I had guessed not. The Settlers must have been very angry by the fact that while he was president, he made Isis into what he wanted it to be, not what was best for Isis."
"You speak as though he were a real person."
"He was. I knew him when he was a boy, and the Settlers landed on Isis from Earth. I was the Keeper's Guardian."
"But, people only lived in Cascade Valley. The Keeper is buried in Bamboo Valley."
"Then you still look after Olwen's grave."
"Of course. No one is allowed to go there. Some people say it's haunted and misfortune will fall upon you, others because they say it is good, or something about that. I say they should just leave it alone, because it is so old. Although some want to dig up the remains to see if there really is someone there. Some people don't believe there is, see."
"But they mustn't do that! I asked Moira Flynn to look after Olwen's pool and her grave."
Valeria shrugged.
"Oh, well...I'm not sure. I don't know that much about history."
"Of course, if you forgot so much."
"But are you really the Guardian?"
"Of course."
"Wow. You should come back to Isis with me!"said Valeria. "Everyone would be so excited to see you. Can you imagine! The Guardian! If I were to bring back the Guardian."
"No."said Daneel firmly. "No one must ever know about the Guardian's existence. It must remain here."
"But it's part of history."
"The Settlers will simply think that the Guardian is something of a god. That must not be allowed to happen.