О дивный новый мир

           Whichinturnincreasedhissenseofbeingalienandalone.Achronicfearofbeingslightedmadehimavoidhisequals,madehimstand,wherehisinferiorswereconcerned,self-consciouslyonhisdignity.HowbitterlyheenviedmenlikeHenryFosterandBenitoHoover!MenwhoneverhadtoshoutatanEpsilontogetanorderobeyed;menwhotooktheirpositionforgranted;menwhomovedthroughthecastesystemasafishthroughwater–soutterlyathomeastobeunawareeitherofthemselvesorofthebeneficentandcomfortableelementinwhichtheyhadtheirbeing.

           Slackly,itseemedtohim,andwithreluctance,thetwinattendantswheeledhisplaneoutontheroof.

           "Hurryup!"saidBernardirritably.Oneofthemglancedathim.Wasthatakindofbestialderisionthathedetectedinthoseblankgreyeyes?"Hurryup!"heshoutedmoreloudly,andtherewasanuglyraspinhisvoice.

           Heclimbedintotheplaneand,aminutelater,wasflyingsouthwards,towardstheriver.

           ThevariousBureauxofPropagandaandtheCollegeofEmotionalEngineeringwerehousedinasinglesixty-storybuildinginFleetStreet.InthebasementandonthelowfloorswerethepressesandofficesofthethreegreatLondonnewspapers–TheHourlyRadio,anupper-castesheet,thepalegreenGammaGazette,and,onkhakipaperandinwordsexclusivelyofonesyllable,TheDeltaMirror.ThencametheBureauxofPropagandabyTelevision,byFeelingPicture,andbySyntheticVoiceandMusicrespectively–twenty-twofloorsofthem.