A mechanical girl is sold to a drover for 1000 pounds. She can sing but needs winding up every 24 hours. She tells the buyer that she can only love him. The merchant promises she will stay the same for at least 20 years but doesn't like heat. Someone who doesn't know she is an automaton falls in love with her and steals her but she stops moving the next day and he thinks she's dead. In an afterword the author summarises what happens next and advises the story cannot continue as a result.
