О дивный новый мир

           Watchingthem,listeningtotheirtalk,hefoundhimselfsometimesresentfullywishingthathehadneverbroughtthemtogether.Hewasashamedofhisjealousyandalternatelymadeeffortsofwillandtooksomatokeephimselffromfeelingit.Buttheeffortswerenotverysuccessful;andbetweenthesoma-holidaystherewere,ofnecessity,intervals.Theodioussentimentkeptonreturning.

           AthisthirdmeetingwiththeSavage,HelmholtzrecitedhisrhymesonSolitude.

           "Whatdoyouthinkofthem?"heaskedwhenhehaddone.

           TheSavageshookhishead."Listentothis,"washisanswer;andunlockingthedrawerinwhichhekepthismouse-eatenbook,heopenedandread:

           "Letthebirdofloudestlay

           OnthesoleArabiantree,

           Heraldsadandtrumpetbe..."

           Helmholtzlistenedwithagrowingexcitement.At"soleArabiantree"hestarted;at"thoushriekingharbinger"hesmiledwithsuddenpleasure;at"everyfowloftyrantwing"thebloodrushedupintohischeeks;butat"defunctivemusic"heturnedpaleandtrembledwithanunprecedentedemotion.TheSavagereadon:

           "Propertywasthusappall’d,

           Thattheselfwasnotthesame;

           Singlenature’sdoublename

           Neithertwonoronewascall’d

           Reasoninitselfconfounded

           Sawdivisiongrowtogether..."

           "Orgy-porgy!"saidBernard,interruptingthereadingwithaloud,unpleasantlaugh."It’sjustaSolidarityServicehymn."Hewasrevenginghimselfonhistwofriendsforlikingoneanothermorethantheylikedhim.