О дивный новый мир

           Therewassomethingdesperate,almostinsane,aboutthesharpspasmodicyelpstowhichtheynowgaveutterance.Theirlittlebodiestwitchedandstiffened;theirlimbsmovedjerkilyasiftothetugofunseenwires.

           "Wecanelectrifythatwholestripoffloor,"bawledtheDirectorinexplanation."Butthat’senough,"hesignalledtothenurse.

           Theexplosionsceased,thebellsstoppedringing,theshriekofthesirendieddownfromtonetotoneintosilence.Thestifflytwitchingbodiesrelaxed,andwhathadbecomethesobandyelpofinfantmaniacsbroadenedoutoncemoreintoanormalhowlofordinaryterror.

           "Offerthemtheflowersandthebooksagain."

           Thenursesobeyed;butattheapproachoftheroses,atthemeresightofthosegaily-colouredimagesofpussyandcock-a-doodle-dooandbaa-baablacksheep,theinfantsshrankawayinhorror,thevolumeoftheirhowlingsuddenlyincreased.

           "Observe,"saidtheDirectortriumphantly,"observe."

           Booksandloudnoises,flowersandelectricshocks–alreadyintheinfantmindthesecoupleswerecompromisinglylinked;andaftertwohundredrepetitionsofthesameorasimilarlessonwouldbeweddedindissolubly.Whatmanhasjoined,natureispowerlesstoputasunder.

           "They’llgrowupwithwhatthepsychologistsusedtocallan’instinctive’hatredofbooksandflowers.Reflexesunalterablyconditioned.They’llbesafefrombooksandbotanyalltheirlives."TheDirectorturnedtohisnurses."Takethemawayagain."