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with a Smile, by Charles Louis Fontenay
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Title: Service with a Smile
Author: Charles Louis Fontenay
Illustrator: Paul Orban
Release Date: October 31, 2009 [EBook #30371]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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[Illustration: Illustrated by Paul Orban]
Service with a Smile
Herbert was truly a gentleman robot. The ladies' slightest wish was his command....
BY CHARLES L. FONTENAY
Herbert bowed with a muted clank--indicating he probably needed oiling somewhere--and presented Alice with a perfect martini on a silver tray. He stood holding the tray, a white, permanent porcelain smile on his smooth metal face, as Alice sipped the drink and grimaced.
"It's a good martini, Herbert," said Alice. "Thank you. But, dammit, I wish you didn't have that everlasting smile!"
"I am very sorry, Miss Alice, but I am unable to alter myself in any way," replied Herbert in his polite, hollow voice.
He retired to a corner and stood impassively, still holding the tray. Herbert had found a silver deposit and made the tray. Herbert had found sand and made the cocktail glass. Herbert had combined God k