DOMIN. What? (_Pushes button on desk_) Well, then I must _convince_ you. (_Enter MARIUS R.C. He stands just inside the door._) Marius, take Sulla into the dissecting room, and tell them to open her up at once. (_MARIUS moves toward C._) HELENA. Where? DOMIN. Into the dissecting room. When they’ve _cut her open_, you can go and have a look. (_MARIUS makes a start toward SULLA._) HELENA. (_Stopping MARIUS_) No! No! DOMIN. Excuse me, you spoke of lies. HELENA. You wouldn’t have her killed? DOMIN. You can’t kill machines. Sulla! (_MARIUS one step forward, one arm out. SULLA makes a move toward R. door._) HELENA. (_Moves a step R._) Don’t be afraid, Sulla. I won’t let you go. Tell me, my dear-- (_Takes her hand_) --are they always so cruel to you? You mustn’t put up with it, Sulla. You mustn’t. SULLA. I am a Robot. HELENA. That doesn’t matter. Robots are just as good as we are. Sulla, you wouldn’t let yourself be cut to pieces? SULLA. Yes. (_Hand away._) HELENA. Oh, you’re not afraid of death, then? SULLA. I cannot tell, Miss Glory. HELENA. Do you know what would happen to you in there? SULLA. Yes, I should cease to move. HELENA. How dreadful! (_Looks at SULLA._) DOMIN. Marius, tell Miss Glory what you are? (_Turns to HELENA._) MARIUS. (_To HELENA_) Marius, the Robot. DOMIN. Would you take Sulla into the dissecting room? MARIUS. (_Turns to DOMIN_) Yes. DOMIN. Would you be sorry for her? MARIUS. (_Pause_) I cannot tell. DOMIN. What would happen to her? MARIUS. She would cease to move. They would put her into the stamping mill. DOMIN. That is death, Marius. Aren’t you afraid of death? MARIUS. No. DOMIN. You see, Miss Glory, the Robots have no interest in life. They have no enjoyments. They are _less_ than so much grass. HELENA. Oh, stop. Please send them away. DOMIN. (_Pushes button_) Marius, Sulla, you may go. (_MARIUS pivots and exits R. SULLA exits L._) HELENA. How terrible! (_To C._) It’s outrageous what you are doing. (_He takes her hand._) DOMIN. Why outrageous? (_His hand over hers. Laughing._) HELENA. I don’t know, but it is. Why do you call her “Sulla”? DOMIN. Isn’t it a nice name? (_Hand away._) HELENA. It’s a man’s name. Sulla was a Roman General. DOMIN. What! Oh! (_Laughs_) We thought that Marius and Sulla were lovers. HELENA. (_Indignantly_) Marius and Sulla were generals and fought against each other in the year--I’ve forgotten now. DOMIN. (_Laughing_) Come here to the window. (_He goes to window C._) HELENA. What? DOMIN. Come here. (_She goes._) Do you see anything? (_Takes her arm. She is on his R._) HELENA. Bricklayers. DOMIN. Robots. All our work people are Robots. And down there, can you see anything? HELENA. Some sort of office. DOMIN. A counting house. And in it-- HELENA. A lot of officials.