О дивный новый мир

           Andthenthereadinglessons:Thetotisinthepot,thecatisonthemat;andtheElementaryInstructionsforBetaWorkersintheEmbryoStore.Andlongeveningsbythefireor,insummertime,ontheroofofthelittlehouse,whenshetoldhimthosestoriesabouttheOtherPlace,outsidetheReservation:thatbeautiful,beautifulOtherPlace,whosememory,asofaheaven,aparadiseofgoodnessandloveliness,hestillkeptwholeandintact,undefiledbycontactwiththerealityofthisrealLondon,theseactualcivilizedmenandwomen.

           Asuddennoiseofshrillvoicesmadehimopenhiseyesand,afterhastilybrushingawaythetears,lookround.Whatseemedaninterminablestreamofidenticaleight?year-oldmaletwinswaspouringintotheroom.Twinaftertwin,twinaftertwin,theycame–anightmare.Theirfaces,theirrepeatedface–fortherewasonlyonebetweenthelotofthem–puggishlystared,allnostrilsandpalegogglingeyes.Theiruniformwaskhaki.Alltheirmouthshungopen.Squealingandchatteringtheyentered.Inamoment,itseemed,thewardwasmaggotywiththem.Theyswarmedbetweenthebeds,clamberedover,crawledunder,peepedintothetelevisionboxes,madefacesatthepatients.

           Lindaastonishedandratheralarmedthem.Agroupstoodclusteredatthefootofherbed,staringwiththefrightenedandstupidcuriosityofanimalssuddenlyconfrontedbytheunknown.

           "Oh,look,look!"Theyspokeinlow,scaredvoices.