О дивный новый мир

           "Howashamed,"hewenton,inspiteoftheunsteadinessofhisvoice,"howreally..."

           TheSavagecuthimshortand,takinghishand,affectionatelypressedit.

           "Helmholtzwaswonderfultome,"Bernardresumed,afteralittlepause."Ifithadn’tbeenforhim,Ishould..."

           "Now,now,"Helmholtzprotested.

           Therewasasilence.Inspiteoftheirsadness–becauseofit,even;fortheirsadnesswasthesymptomoftheirloveforoneanother–thethreeyoungmenwerehappy.

           "IwenttoseetheControllerthismorning,"saidtheSavageatlast.

           "Whatfor?"

           "ToaskifImightn’tgototheislandswithyou."

           "Andwhatdidhesay?"askedHelmholtzeagerly.

           TheSavageshookhishead."Hewouldn’tletme."

           "Whynot?"

           "Hesaidhewantedtogoonwiththeexperiment.ButI’mdamned,"theSavageadded,withsuddenfury,"I’mdamnedifI’llgoonbeingexperimentedwith.NotforalltheControllersintheworld.lshallgoawayto-morrowtoo."

           "Butwhere?"theothersaskedinunison.

           TheSavageshruggedhisshoulders."Anywhere.Idon’tcare.SolongasIcanbealone."

           FromGuildfordthedown-linefollowedtheWeyvalleytoGodalming,then,overMilfordandWitley,proceededtoHaslemereandonthroughPetersfieldtowardsPortsmouth.Roughlyparalleltoit,theuplinepassedoverWorplesden,Tongham,Puttenham,ElsteadandGrayshott.BetweentheHog’sBackandHindheadtherewerepointswherethetwolineswerenotmorethansixorsevenkilometresapart.