О дивный новый мир

           Shehadspentoneweek-endwiththeFordChief-Justice,andanotherwiththeArch-Community-SongsterofCanterbury.ThePresidentoftheInternalandExternalSecretionsCorporationwasperpetuallyonthephone,andshehadbeentoDeauvillewiththeDeputy-GovernoroftheBankofEurope.

           "It’swonderful,ofcourse.Andyetinaway,"shehadconfessedtoFanny,"IfeelasthoughIweregettingsomethingonfalsepretences.Because,ofcourse,thefirstthingtheyallwanttoknowiswhatit’sliketomakelovetoaSavage.AndIhavetosayIdon’tknow."Sheshookherhead."Mostofthemendon’tbelieveme,ofcourse.Butit’strue.Iwishitweren’t,"sheaddedsadlyandsighed."He’sterriblygood-looking;don’tyouthinkso?"

           "Butdoesn’thelikeyou?"askedFanny.

           "SometimesIthinkhedoesandsometimesIthinkhedoesn’t.Healwaysdoeshisbesttoavoidme;goesoutoftheroomwhenIcomein;won’ttouchme;won’tevenlookatme.ButsometimesifIturnroundsuddenly,Icatchhimstaring;andthen–well,youknowhowmenlookwhentheylikeyou."

           Yes,Fannyknew.

           "Ican’tmakeitout,"saidLenina.

           Shecouldn’tmakeitout;andnotonlywasbewildered;wasalsoratherupset.

           "Because,yousee,Fanny,Ilikehim."

           Likedhimmoreandmore.Well,nowthere’dbearealchance,shethought,asshescentedherselfafterherbath.Dab,dab,dab–arealchance.Herhighspiritsoverflowedinasong.