Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore. As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her. Claire went into the city anf bought curtain, cushion, a carpet and paint. Then she went into a dress shop. When the salesman was rude to her, she rang Tony up and told the salesman to speak to him. The salesman immediately changed his attitude. Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a “dear”. As she turned around , there stood Gladys Claffern, How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the amused all, she knew Claire husband’s name was Larry, not Tony.
When Claire got home, she wept with anger. Gladys was everything Claire wanted to be. You can be like her, Tony told her and he suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was to leave and Larry was to return. By that time, Tony expected the house to be completely transformed.
Tony worked steadily on the improvements. Claire tried to help once but was to clumsy. She fell off the ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, he managed to catch her in time. He help her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her home for the rest of the day.
The night of the party arrived. The clock struck eight. The guests would be arriving soon and Claire told Tony to go into another room. At the moment, Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers. She cried out “Tony” and the heard him declare that he didn’t want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. Then the front door bell rang. Tony freed her and disappeared from sight. It was then that Claire realize that Tony had opened the curtain on the front window. Her guest had seen everything.
The women were impressed by Claire and the house. Just before they left, Claire heard Gladys whispered to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony. What a sweet victory by those women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such handsome lover.
Then she remembered---Tony was just a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed. She cried all night. The next morning a car drove up and took Tony away.
The company was very pleased with Tony’s reporter on his three weeks with Claire. Tony had protected a human being from harm. He had protected Claire from harming herself thought her own sense of failure. He had opened the curtains that night the other women would see him and Claire, knowing that there was no risk to Claire’s marriage. But even thought Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt---you cannot have women falling in love with machine.
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