R.U.R.
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Domin: Yes. All of a sudden, for no reason, a leg or an arm would break. This planet just seems too small for monsters like that. So now we just make them normal size and normal proportions.
Helena: I saw my first robot in our village. They'd bought him so that... that's to say they'd employed him to...
Domin: Bought it, Miss Glory. Robots are bought and sold.
Helena:... they'd obtained him to work as a road sweeper. I watched him working . He was strange. So quiet.
Domin: Have you seen my typist?
Helena: I didn't really notice her.
Domin: (rings) You know, RUR, Ltd. has never really make individual robots, but we do have some that are better than others. The best ones can last up to twenty years.
Helena: And then they die, do they?
Domin: Yes, they get worn out.
(enter Sulla)
Domin: Sulla, let Miss Glory have a look at you.
Helena: (stands and offers her hand) Pleased to
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