О дивный новый мир
Chapter 5
FortheSolidarityServicehadgivenaswellastaken,drawnoffonlytoreplenish.Shewasfull,shewasmadeperfect,shewasstillmorethanmerelyherself."Didn’tyouthinkitwaswonderful?"sheinsisted,lookingintoBernard’sfacewiththosesupernaturallyshiningeyes.
"Yes,Ithoughtitwaswonderful,"heliedandlookedaway;thesightofhertransfiguredfacewasatonceanaccusationandanironicalreminderofhisownseparateness.Hewasasmiserablyisolatednowashehadbeenwhentheservicebegan–moreisolatedbyreasonofhisunreplenishedemptiness,hisdeadsatiety.Separateandunatoned,whiletheotherswerebeingfusedintotheGreaterBeing;aloneeveninMorgana’sembrace–muchmorealone,indeed,morehopelesslyhimselfthanhehadeverbeeninhislifebefore.Hehademergedfromthatcrimsontwilightintothecommonelectricglarewithaself-consciousnessintensifiedtothepitchofagony.Hewasutterlymiserable,andperhaps(hershiningeyesaccusedhim),perhapsitwashisownfault."Quitewonderful,"herepeated;buttheonlythinghecouldthinkofwasMorgana’seyebrow.