"Ten minutes later Mrs. Braling awoke. She put her hand to her cheek. Someone had just kissed it. She shivered and looked up. "Why you haven't done that in years," she murmured."
"We'll see what we can do about that," someone said."
This is a sad story about a woman being in love with a man and constantly waiting on him to marry her. Braling comes up with an idea that he could get a replacement robot so he could disappear for a month or two. The plan works out fine and the robot does the job. When Braling finally comes back the robot has now told him that he is in love with Mrs. Braling. This is new for Braling and he is stunned. The robot manages to send Braling back to the company and not himself which I find rather funny. At the end Mrs. Braling is kissed on the cheek by someone and it's not clear who it is. I think it's the robot but she can't be so sure because it could be a kind act on the real husband's part. I like how open the end is and it keeps you guessing. I feel like Braling had it coming to him in the first place and never should lead someone on for 10 years saying he will marry them. That was harsh. Again this shows a use of dirty work onto a robot from humans.
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Bradbury, Ray. The Illustrated Man. (New York: Bantam Spectra Books, 1952) page 162
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