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In
this
room
,
there
were
n't
any
people
at
all
,
she
noticed
.
Then
her
eyes
fell
upon
six
or
seven
robots
busily
engaged
at
a
round
table
halfway
across
the
room
.
They
widened
in
incredulous
surprise
.
It
was
a
big
room
.
She
could
n't
see
for
sure
,
but
one
of
the
robots
looked
like
-
looked
like
-
it
was
!
"
Robbie
!
"
Her
shriek
pierced
the
air
,
and
one
of
the
robots
about
the
table
faltered
and
dropped
the
tool
he
was
holding
.
Gloria
went
almost
mad
with
joy
.
Squeezing
through
the
railing
before
either
parent
could
stop
her
,
she
dropped
lightly
to
the
floor
a
few
feet
below
,
and
ran
toward
her
Robbie
,
arms
waving
and
hair
flying
.
And
the
three
horrified
adults
,
as
they
stood
frozen
in
their
tracks
,
saw
what
the
excited
little
girl
did
not
see
,
-
a
huge
,
lumbering
tractor
bearing
blindly
down
upon
its
appointed
track
.
It
took
split-seconds
for
Weston
to
come
to
his
senses
,
and
those
split-seconds
meant
everything
,
for
Gloria
could
not
be
overtaken
.
Although
Weston
vaulted
the
railing
in
a
wild
attempt
,
it
was
obviously
hopeless
.
Mr.
Struthers
signalled
wildly
to
the
overseers
to
stop
the
tractor
,
but
the
overseers
were
only
human
and
it
took
time
to
act
.
It
was
only
Robbie
that
acted
immediately
and
with
precision
.
With
metal
legs
eating
up
the
space
between
himself
and
his
little
mistress
he
charged
down
from
the
opposite
direction
.
Everything
then
happened
at
once
.
With
one
sweep
of
an
arm
,
Robbie
snatched
up
Gloria
,
slackening
his
speed
not
one
iota
,
and
,
consequently
,
knocking
every
breath
of
air
out
of
her
.
Weston
,
not
quite
comprehending
all
that
was
happening
,
felt
,
rather
than
saw
,
Robbie
brush
past
him
,
and
came
to
a
sudden
bewildered
halt
.
The
tractor
intersected
Gloria
's
path
half
a
second
after
Robbie
had
,
rolled
on
ten
feet
further
and
came
to
a
grinding
,
long
drawn-out
stop
.
Gloria
regained
her
breath
,
submitted
to
a
series
of
passionate
hugs
on
the
part
of
both
her
parents
and
turned
eagerly
toward
Robbie
.
As
far
as
she
was
concerned
,
nothing
had
happened
except
that
she
had
found
her
friend
.
But
Mrs.
Weston
's
expression
had
changed
from
one
of
relief
to
one
of
dark
suspicion
.
She
turned
to
her
husband
,
and
,
despite
her
disheveled
and
undignified
appearance
,
managed
to
look
quite
formidable
,
"
You
engineered
this
,
did
n't
you
?
George
Weston
swabbed
at
a
hot
forehead
with
his
handkerchief
.
His
hand
was
unsteady
,
and
his
lips
could
curve
only
into
a
tremulous
and
exceedingly
weak
smile
.
Mrs.
Weston
pursued
the
thought
,
"
Robbie
was
n't
designed
for
engineering
or
construction
work
.
He
could
n't
be
of
any
use
to
them
.
You
had
him
placed
there
deliberately
so
that
Gloria
would
find
him
.
You
know
you
did
.
"
