He followed them back to the corner from which they had advanced upon him and took the proffered chair.
"Now," he said, "tell me what this is all about."
Mrs. Jellicoe took a deep breath. "We're representing the Android Equality League," she said.
Stevens broke in, successfully heading off the long speech that Mrs. Jellicoe seemed on the point of making. "I am sure," he said, "that Mr. Sutton has heard of us at one time or another. The League has been in existence for these many years."
"I have heard of the League," said Sutton.
"Perhaps," said Mrs. Jellicoe, "you've read our literature."
"No," said Sutton, "I can't say that I have."
"Here's some of it, then," said Hamilton. He dug with a grimy hand into an inside coat pocket, came out with a fistful of dog-eared leaflets and tracts. He held them out to Sutton and Sutton took them gingerly, laid them on the floor beside his chair.
"Briefly," said Stevens, "we represent the belief that androids should be granted equality with the human race. They are human, in actuality, in every characteristic except one."
"They can't have babies," Mrs. Jellicoe blurted out.