Chapters 3-4 Summary

Professor Pelorat is excited to visit the Galactic Library at Trantor. His obsession with finding Earth has finally gained the Mayor's support. He and Trevize discover complimentary talents and kindred spirits. Trevize sleeps poorly that night thinking about exile and wondering how Earth could be the sole planet on which humankind evolves and populates other worlds. Each legends and most historians dismiss the "Origin Question." Seeing that the cover story of research on Trantor is ingenious, Trevize resolves to look wherever Pelorat's "excellent idea" of Earth's location leads them.

Meanwhile, Branno confronts Compor, ordering him to follow Trevize and Pelorat, using his renown for duplicating hyperspace jumps. With his wife as a hostage, he may return only with hard evidence. Later, Branno and Kodell discuss the mission: Compor's ship houses a trackable, hidden hyper-relay. Based on antique technology, the Seldon Plan...