Alan Hedge <72017.3232@compuserve.com> asks:
> One question though, Zathras say Zathras oldest living keeper of
> Great Machine (or something like that), but why Zathras not still
> keeper? Was Zathras keeper before (forget name, Drall's
> predecessor)? Did Zathras do something wrong so that Zathras not
> kepper anymore? Or did Al misunderstand what Zathras meant?

No, just that Zathras has worked on the machine, and survived
it, the longest of all the others.

jms