О дивный новый мир

           Thedistancewastoosmallforcarelessflyers–particularlyatnightandwhentheyhadtakenhalfagrammetoomuch.Therehadbeenaccidents.Seriousones.Ithadbeendecidedtodeflecttheuplineafewkilometrestothewest.BetweenGrayshottandTonghamfourabandonedair-lighthousesmarkedthecourseoftheoldPortsmouth-to-Londonroad.Theskiesabovethemweresilentanddeserted.ItwasoverSelborne,BordonandFarnhamthatthehelicoptersnowceaselesslyhummedandroared.

           TheSavagehadchosenashishermitagetheoldlight?housewhichstoodonthecrestofthehillbetweenPuttenhamandElstead.Thebuildingwasofferro?concreteandinexcellentcondition–almosttoocomfortabletheSavagehadthoughtwhenhefirstexploredtheplace,almosttoocivilizedlyluxurious.Hepacifiedhisconsciencebypromisinghimselfacompensatinglyharderself-discipline,purificationsthemorecompleteandthorough.Hisfirstnightinthehermitagewas,deliberately,asleeplessone.Hespentthehoursonhiskneespraying,nowtothatHeavenfromwhichtheguiltyClaudiushadbeggedforgiveness,nowinZuñitoAwonawilona,nowtoJesusandPookong,nowtohisownguardiananimal,theeagle.