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robot, sh e felt alar med. His name was Tony and he s eemed more like a human than a machine. He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a d eep voice although his facial ex press ion never changed. On the second mor ning Tony, wearing an apr on, br ought her br eakfast and then asked her wheth er she need ed help dr essing. She felt embarr assed and quickly told him to go. It was disturbing and fr ight ening that he looked so human. One day, Clair e mentioned that sh e didn t think she was clever. Tony said that she must feel v er y unhappy to say th at. Claire thought it was r idiculous to b e offered sympathy b y a robot. But sh e b egan to trust him. She told him how sh e was overw eight and this mad e h er feel unhappy. A lso sh e felt h er home wasn elegant enough for someone like Larr y who wanted to improv e his s ocial posit ion. She was t like Gladys Claffern, one of th e rich est and most powerful
women ar ound. As a favor Tony pr omis ed t o h elp Claire mak e hers elf s marter and her home mor e elegant. So Claire borrow ed a pile of books from th e library for him to read, or rath er, s can. She looked at his fingers with wonder as th ey t urned each page and sud enly reached for his hand. Sh e was amazed by his finger nails and the softnes s and warmth of his skin. How abs urd, she th ought. He was just a mach ine. Tony gav e Clair e a new hair cut and changed th e makeup sh e wor e. As he was not allowed t o accompany her t o t he shops, h e wrot e out a list of items for h er. Clair e went into the city and bought curtains, cushions, a car pet and bedding. Th en sh e w ent into a jew elry shop to buy a necklace. When the clerk at the counter was r ude to h er, she r ang Tony up and t old th e clerk t o speak to him. Th e clerk immediately changed h is att itude. Claire thanked Tony, t elling him that h e was
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