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           Forthegoodreasonthattheyweremadetomeet."

           "Dr.Wellssaysthatathreemonths’PregnancySubstitutenowwillmakeallthedifferencetomyhealthforthenextthreeorfouryears."

           "Well,Ihopehe’sright,"saidLenina."But,Fanny,doyoureallymeantosaythatforthenextthreemonthsyou’renotsupposedto..."

           "Ohno,dear.Onlyforaweekortwo,that’sall.IshallspendtheeveningattheClubplayingMusicalBridge.Isupposeyou’regoingout?"

           Leninanodded.

           "Whowith?"

           "HenryFoster."

           "Again?"Fanny’skind,rathermoon-likefacetookonanincongruousexpressionofpainedanddisapprovingastonishment."Doyoumeantotellmeyou’restillgoingoutwithHenryFoster?"

           Mothersandfathers,brothersandsisters.Buttherewerealsohusbands,wives,lovers.Therewerealsomonogamyandromance.

           "Thoughyouprobablydon’tknowwhatthoseare,"saidMustaphaMond.

           Theyshooktheirheads.

           Family,monogamy,romance.Everywhereexclusiveness,anarrowchannellingofimpulseandenergy.

           "Buteveryonebelongstoeveryoneelse,"heconcluded,citingthehypnopædicproverb.

           Thestudentsnodded,emphaticallyagreeingwithastatementwhichupwardsofsixty-twothousandrepetitionsinthedarkhadmadethemaccept,notmerelyastrue,butasaxiomatic,self-evident,utterlyindisputable.

           "Butafterall,"Leninawasprotesting,"it’sonlyaboutfourmonthsnowsinceI’vebeenhavingHenry."

           "Onlyfourmonths!Ilikethat.