О дивный новый мир
Chapter 15
"Obravenewworld!"Mirandawasproclaimingthepossibilityofloveliness,thepossibilityoftransformingeventhenightmareintosomethingfineandnoble."Obravenewworld!"Itwasachallenge,acommand.
"Noshovingtherenow!"shoutedtheDeputySub-Bursarinafury.Heslammeddownhelidofhiscash-box."IshallstopthedistributionunlessIhavegoodbehaviour."
TheDeltasmuttered,jostledoneanotheralittle,andthenwerestill.Thethreathadbeeneffective.Deprivationofsoma–appallingthought!
"That’sbetter,"saidtheyoungman,andreopenedhiscash-box.
Lindahadbeenaslave,Lindahaddied;othersshouldliveinfreedom,andtheworldbemadebeautiful.Areparation,aduty.AndsuddenlyitwasluminouslycleartotheSavagewhathemustdo;itwasasthoughashutterhadbeenopened,acurtaindrawnback.
"Now,"saidtheDeputySub-Bursar.
Anotherkhakifemalesteppedforward.
"Stop!"calledtheSavageinaloudandringingvoice."Stop!"
Hepushedhiswaytothetable;theDeltasstaredathimwithastonishment.
"Ford!"saidtheDeputySub-Bursar,belowhisbreath."It’stheSavage."Hefeltscared.
"Listen,Ibegofyou,"criedtheSavageearnestly."Lendmeyourears..."Hehadneverspokeninpublicbefore,andfounditverydifficulttoexpresswhathewantedtosay."Don’ttakethathorriblestuff.It’spoison,it’spoison."
"Isay,Mr.Savage,"saidtheDeputySub-Bursar,smilingpropitiatingly."Wouldyoumindlettingme..."
"Poisontosoulaswellasbody."
