О дивный новый мир

           "Ourlibrary,"saidDr.Gaffney,"containsonlybooksofreference.Ifouryoungpeopleneeddistraction,theycangetitatthefeelies.Wedon’tencouragethemtoindulgeinanysolitaryamusements."

           Fivebus-loadsofboysandgirls,singingorinasilentembracement,rolledpastthemoverthevitrifiedhighway.

           "Justreturned,"explainedDr.Gaffney,whileBernard,whispering,madeanappointmentwiththeHeadMistressforthatveryevening,"fromtheSloughCrematorium.Deathconditioningbeginsateighteenmonths.EverytotspendstwomorningsaweekinaHospitalfortheDying.Allthebesttoysarekeptthere,andtheygetchocolatecreamondeathdays.Theylearntotakedyingasamatterofcourse."

           "Likeanyotherphysiologicalprocess,"putintheHeadMistressprofessionally.

           Eighto’clockattheSavoy.Itwasallarranged.

           OntheirwaybacktoLondontheystoppedattheTelevisionCorporation’sfactoryatBrentford.

           "DoyoumindwaitinghereamomentwhileIgoandtelephone?"askedBernard.

           TheSavagewaitedandwatched.TheMainDay-Shiftwasjustgoingoffduty.Crowdsoflower-casteworkerswerequeuedupinfrontofthemonorailstation-sevenoreighthundredGamma,DeltaandEpsilonmenandwomen,withnotmorethanadozenfacesandstaturesbetweenthem.Toeachofthem,withhisorherticket,thebookingclerkpushedoveralittlecardboardpillbox.Thelongcaterpillarofmenandwomenmovedslowlyforward.

           "What’sinthose"(rememberingTheMerchantofVenice)"thosecaskets?"theSavageenquiredwhenBernardhadrejoinedhim.