О дивный новый мир
Chapter 6
"Alcoholinhisblood-surrogate,"wasFanny’sexplanationofeveryeccentricity.ButHenry,withwhom,oneeveningwhentheywereinbedtogether,Leninahadratheranxiouslydiscussedhernewlover,HenryhadcomparedpoorBernardtoarhinoceros.
"Youcan’tteacharhinocerostricks,"hehadexplainedinhisbriefandvigorousstyle."Somemenarealmostrhinoceroses;theydon’trespondproperlytoconditioning.PoorDevils!Bernard’soneofthem.Luckilyforhim,he’sprettygoodathisjob.OtherwisetheDirectorwouldneverhavekepthim.However,"headdedconsolingly,"Ithinkhe’sprettyharmless."
Prettyharmless,perhaps;butalsoprettydisquieting.Thatmania,tostartwith,fordoingthingsinprivate.Whichmeant,inpractice,notdoinganythingatall.Forwhatwastherethatonecoulddoinprivate.(Apart,ofcourse,fromgoingtobed:butonecouldn’tdothatallthetime.)Yes,whatwasthere?Preciouslittle.Thefirstafternoontheywentouttogetherwasparticularlyfine.LeninahadsuggestedaswimatToquayCountryClubfollowedbydinnerattheOxfordUnion.ButBernardthoughttherewouldbetoomuchofacrowd.ThenwhataboutaroundofElectro-magneticGolfatSt.Andrew’s?Butagain,no:BernardconsideredthatElectro-magneticGolfwasawasteoftime.
"Thenwhat’stimefor?"askedLeninainsomeastonishment.
Apparently,forgoingwalksintheLakeDistrict;forthatwaswhathenowproposed.LandonthetopofSkiddawandwalkforacoupleofhoursintheheather."Alonewithyou,Lenina."
