О дивный новый мир
Chapter 11
AfewminutesafterthefirstOohsandAahs(aduethavingbeensungandalittlelovemadeonthatfamousbearskin,everyhairofwhich–theAssistantPredestinatorwasperfectlyright–couldbeseparatelyanddistinctlyfelt),thenegrohadahelicopteraccident,fellonhishead.Thump!whatatwingethroughtheforehead!Achorusofow’sandaie’swentupfromtheaudience.
Theconcussionknockedallthenegro’sconditioningintoacockedhat.HedevelopedfortheBetablondeanexclusiveandmaniacalpassion.Sheprotested.Hepersisted.Therewerestruggles,pursuits,anassaultonarival,finallyasensationalkidnapping.TheBetablondwasravishedawayintotheskyandkeptthere,hovering,forthreeweeksinawildlyanti-socialtête-à-têtewiththeblackmadman.Finally,afterawholeseriesofadventuresandmuchaerialacrobacythreehandsomeyoungAlphassucceededinrescuingher.ThenegrowaspackedofftoanAdultRe-conditioningCentreandthefilmendedhappilyanddecorously,withtheBetablondebecomingthemistressofallherthreerescuers.Theyinterruptedthemselvesforamomenttosingasyntheticquartet,withfullsuper-orchestralaccompanimentandgardeniasonthescentorgan.Thenthebearskinmadeafinalappearanceand,amidablareofsaxophones,thelaststereoscopickissfadedintodarkness,thelastelectrictitillationdiedonthelipslikeadyingmoththatquivers,quivers,evermorefeebly,evermorefaintly,andatlastisquiet,quitestill.
ButforLeninathemothdidnotcompletelydie.