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Rh Kneading trough?

The pestle for beating up the paste. In each one we mix the ingredients for a thousand Robots at one operation. Then there are the vats for the preparation of liver, brains, and so on. Then you will see the bone factory. After that I'll show you the spinning mill.

Spinning mill?

Yes. For weaving nerves and veins. Miles and miles of digestive tubes pass through it at a time.

Mayn't we talk about something else?

Perhaps it would be better. There's only a handful of us among a hundred thousand Robots, and not one woman. We talk about nothing but the factory all day, every day. It's just as if we were under a curse, Miss Glory.