О дивный новый мир

Chapter 11

           "...thoughImustadmit,"heread,"thatIagreewiththeSavageinfindingcivilizedinfantilitytooeasyor,asheputsit,notexpensiveenough;andIwouldliketotakethisopportunityofdrawingyourfordship’sattentionto..."

           MustaphaMond’sangergaveplacealmostatoncetomirth.Theideaofthiscreaturesolemnlylecturinghim–him-aboutthesocialorderwasreallytoogrotesque.Themanmusthavegonemad."Ioughttogivehimalesson,"hesaidtohimself;thenthrewbackhisheadandlaughedaloud.Forthemoment,atanyrate,thelessonwouldnotbegiven.

           Itwasasmallfactoryoflighting-setsforhelicopters,abranchoftheElectricalEquipmentCorporation.Theyweremetontheroofitself(forthatcircularletterofrecommendationfromtheControllerwasmagicalinitseffects)bytheChiefTechnicianandtheHumanElementManager.Theywalkeddownstairsintothefactory.

           "Eachprocess,"explainedtheHumanElementManager,"iscarriedout,sofaraspossible,byasingleBokanovskyGroup."

           And,ineffect,eighty-threealmostnoselessblackbrachycephalicDeltaswerecold-pressing.Thefifty-sixfour-spindlechuckingandturningmachineswerebeingmanipulatedbyfifty-sixaquilineandgingerGammas.Onehundredandsevenheat-conditionedEpsilonSenegalesewereworkinginthefoundry.Thirty-threeDeltafemales,long-headed,sandy,withnarrowpelvises,andallwithin20millimetresof1metre69centimetrestall,werecuttingscrews.Intheassemblingroom,thedynamoswerebeingputtogetherbytwosetsofGamma-Plusdwarfs.

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