О дивный новый мир
Chapter 1
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"That’sthespiritIlike! "criedtheDirector,andclappedMr.Fosterontheshoulder. "Comealongwithus,andgivetheseboysthebenefitofyourexpertknowledge."
Mr.Fostersmiledmodestly. "Withpleasure." Theywent.
IntheBottlingRoomallwasharmoniousbustleandorderedactivity. Flapsoffreshsow’speritoneumreadycuttothepropersizecameshootingupinlittleliftsfromtheOrganStoreinthesub-basement. Whizzandthen,click! thelift-hatcheshewopen; thebottle-linerhadonlytoreachoutahand,taketheflap,insert,smooth-down,andbeforethelinedbottlehadhadtimetotraveloutofreachalongtheendlessband,whizz,click! anotherflapofperitoneumhadshotupfromthedepths,readytobeslippedintoyetanotherbottle,thenextofthatslowinterminableprocessionontheband.
NexttotheLinersstoodtheMatriculators.
