Dear Rio, I never did see it after all my plans. (Page 234)
However...
¨Another thing, your wife.¨¨I´ve grown quite fond of her.¨ (Page 242)
Therefore...
¨Now, now, wait a minute. Lets talk this over!¨ (Page 243)
Braling wanted time away from his wife so he could go to Rio, Brazil.
Smith Wanted...
The robot bought to replace Braling began to rebel and told Braling that he was in love with his wife, and he didn´t want to stay in the box Braling had kept him in.
However ...
Ten thousand dollars is missing! (Page 240)
Braling Two locks him in the box he was kept in, locks it, and leaves him for dead.
Therefore...
Smith wanted his wife, Nettie, to stop being so needy and for her to not bother her as much.
I mean, after all, when you've been married ten years, you don't expect a woman to sit on your lap for two hours each evening, call you at work twelve times a day and baby talk. (Page 235)
When Braling told him to buy a marionette, he realized that 10,000 dollars had been missing!
When he woke up his sleeping wife, he realized that Nettie had beaten him to it, and had already replaced herself with a Marionette.
