"Alice?"
"Yes."
"It's that ten minutes on the commutor to the jet station. Don't they realize that a man is alone those ten minutes? Nobody else to talk to. No Tevee. No sound even. Alone."
She nodded. He was asking her if she knew what loneliness was!
He started for the bathroom, as though to avoid thinking of something.
"Everything ready for my love?" he asked nervously.
"Yes," she said. Yes, the robot says. Yes, my love, everything is ready for your love.
"Good."
In the bathroom, Kelsey looked in the full length mirror, and Alice watched him.