О дивный новый мир

           Hehaltedand,withbewilderedandhorrifiedeyes,staredroundhimatthekhakimob,inthemidstofwhich,overtoppingitbyafullhead,hestood."Howmanygoodlycreaturesaretherehere!"Thesingingwordsmockedhimderisively."Howbeauteousmankindis!Obravenewworld..."

           "Somadistribution!"shoutedaloudvoice."Ingoodorder,please.Hurryupthere."

           Adoorhadbeenopened,atableandchaircarriedintothevestibule.ThevoicewasthatofajauntyyoungAlpha,whohadenteredcarryingablackironcash-box.Amurmurofsatisfactionwentupfromtheexpectanttwins.TheyforgotallabouttheSavage.Theirattentionwasnowfocusedontheblackcash-box,whichtheyoungmanhadplacedonthetable,andwasnowinprocessofunlocking.Thelidwaslifted.

           "Oo-oh!"saidallthehundredandsixty-twosimultaneously,asthoughtheywerelookingatfireworks.

           Theyoungmantookoutahandfuloftinypill-boxes."Now,"hesaidperemptorily,"stepforward,please.Oneatatime,andnoshoving."

           Oneatatime,withnoshoving,thetwinssteppedforward.Firsttwomales,thenafemale,thenanothermale,thenthreefemales,then...

           TheSavagestoodlookingon."Obravenewworld,Obravenewworld..."Inhismindthesingingwordsseemedtochangetheirtone.Theyhadmockedhimthroughhismiseryandremorse,mockedhimwithhowhideousanoteofcynicalderision!Fiendishlylaughing,theyhadinsistedonthelowsqualor,thenauseousuglinessofthenightmare.Now,suddenly,theytrumpetedacalltoarms.