"Yes, Master."
"And ready—for everything else?"
"They are ready."
"Very well, I will come. You, Migul, stay here and guard these captives. Treat them kindly so long as they are docile; but be watchful."
"I am always watchful, Master."
"It will not take long. This night which is coming should see me in control of the city."
"Time is nothing to me," said the Robot. "I will stand here until you return."
"That is right."
Without another word or look at Mary and me, Tugh swung around, gathered his cloak and went through the doorway. The door slid closed upon him. We were again alone with the mechanism, which backed into the corner and stood with long dangling arms and expressionless metal face. This inert thing of metal, we had come to regard as almost human! It stood motionless, with the chilling red gleam from its eye sockets upon us.