О дивный новый мир

           HemadethesignoftheToverhimandturnedaway."Lenina,mydear,"hecalledinanothertone."Comewithme."

           Obediently,butunsmilingand(whollyinsensibleofthehonourdonetoher)withoutelation,Leninawalkedafterhim,outoftheroom.Theotherguestsfollowedatarespectfulinterval.Thelastofthemslammedthedoor.Bernardwasallalone.

           Punctured,utterlydeflated,hedroppedintoachairand,coveringhisfacewithhishands,begantoweep.Afewminuteslater,however,hethoughtbetterofitandtookfourtabletsofsoma.

           UpstairsinhisroomtheSavagewasreadingRomeoandJuliet.

           LeninaandtheArch-Community-SongstersteppedoutontotheroofofLambethPalace."Hurryup,myyoungfriend–Imean,Lenina,"calledtheArch-Songsterimpatientlyfromtheliftgates.Lenina,whohadlingeredforamomenttolookatthemoon,droppedhereyesandcamehurryingacrosstherooftorejoinhim.

           "ANewTheoryofBiology"wasthetitleofthepaperwhichMustaphaMondhadjustfinishedreading.Hesatforsometime,meditativelyfrowning,thenpickeduphispenandwroteacrossthetitle-page:"Theauthor’smathematicaltreatmentoftheconceptionofpurposeisnovelandhighlyingenious,buthereticaland,sofarasthepresentsocialorderisconcerned,dangerousandpotentiallysubversive.Nottobepublished."Heunderlinedthewords."Theauthorwillbekeptundersupervision.HistransferencetotheMarineBiologicalStationofSt.Helenamaybecomenecessary."Apity,hethought,ashesignedhisname.