О дивный новый мир

           "Perhaps,(andtheywouldshaketheirheads,wouldsignificantlylowertheirvoices)"alittletooable."

           Yes,alittletooable;theywereright.AmentalexcesshadproducedinHelmholtzWatsoneffectsverysimilartothosewhich,inBernardMarx,weretheresultofaphysicaldefect.ToolittleboneandbrawnhadisolatedBernardfromhisfellowmen,andthesenseofthisapartness,being,byallthecurrentstandards,amentalexcess,becameinitsturnacauseofwiderseparation.ThatwhichhadmadeHelmholtzsouncomfortablyawareofbeinghimselfandallalonewastoomuchability.Whatthetwomensharedwastheknowledgethattheywereindividuals.ButwhereasthephysicallydefectiveBernardhadsufferedallhislifefromtheconsciousnessofbeingseparate,itwasonlyquiterecentlythat,grownawareofhismentalexcess,HelmholtzWatsonhadalsobecomeawareofhisdifferencefromthepeoplewhosurroundedhim.ThisEscalator-Squashchampion,thisindefatigablelover(itwassaidthathehadhadsixhundredandfortydifferentgirlsinunderfouryears),thisadmirablecommitteemanandbestmixerhadrealizedquitesuddenlythatsport,women,communalactivitieswereonly,sofarashewasconcerned,secondbests.Really,andatthebottom,hewasinterestedinsomethingelse.Butinwhat?Inwhat?ThatwastheproblemwhichBernardhadcometodiscusswithhim–orrather,sinceitwasalwaysHelmholtzwhodidallthetalking,tolistentohisfrienddiscussing,yetoncemore.