The robot did not answer. His aud lights flickered.
Lowndes cooled down. "Nestor," he asked, "can't you find a loophole in the terms of the will?" He pointed to the legal-looking volume setting on the desk. "How about digging through that?"
Nestor did not answer. His aud lights still flickered fitfully.
"Nestor, I am sorry I spoke shortly to you."
Silence.
Lowndes stared at the motionless robot. "Now look here Nestor, you heard me apologize."
Still silence.
"Please, Nestor," Lowndes pleaded. "I know you can figure out a way. Just this once. Please Nestor."
Suddenly Nestor's cranial lights lit up. His aud lights flashed on. He looked like a Christmas tree. His relays began to click-clack. His aud box hummed. He sounded like a swarm of bees.
Lowndes stared in amazement. Nestor's deep thought processes never failed to fascinate him. As he watched, abruptly all the lights cut out. The relays gave a final "clack." For a minute there was silence. Then Nestor spoke: "Master, I have converted a majority of the holdings ... yet five hundred cash kredits remain in Central National Repository. Under provisions of section four, paragraph seven, sub-paragraph eighteen of the Quarto Code, this amount could be carried to the ledgers as a gift to you, deductible. Your signature would not be required for the cash transfer."