О дивный новый мир

           Swallowinghalfanhourbeforeclosingtime,thatseconddoseofsomahadraisedaquiteimpenetrablewallbetweentheactualuniverseandtheirminds.Bottled,theycrossedthestreet;bottled,theytooktheliftuptoHenry’sroomonthetwenty-eighthfloor.Andyet,bottledasshewas,andinspiteofthatsecondgrammeofsoma,Leninadidnotforgettotakeallthecontraceptiveprecautionsprescribedbytheregulations.Yearsofintensivehypnopædiaand,fromtwelvetoseventeen,Malthusiandrillthreetimesaweekhadmadethetakingoftheseprecautionsalmostasautomaticandinevitableasblinking.

           "Oh,andthatremindsme,"shesaid,asshecamebackfromthebathroom,"FannyCrownewantstoknowwhereyoufoundthatlovelygreenmorocco-surrogatecartridgebeltyougaveme."

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           ALTERNATEThursdayswereBernard’sSolidarityServicedays.AfteranearlydinnerattheAphroditzeum(towhichHelrnholtzhadrecentlybeenelectedunderRuleTwo)he

           tookleaveofhisfriendand,hailingataxiontherooftoldthemantoflytotheFordsonCommunitySingery.Themachineroseacoupleofhundredmetres,thenheadedeastwards,andasitturned,therebeforeBernard’seyes,giganticallybeautiful,wastheSingery.Flood-lighted,itsthreehundredandtwentymetresofwhiteCarrara?surrogategleamedwithasnowyincandescenceoverLudgateHill;ateachofthefourcornersofitshelicopterplatformanimmenseTshonecrimsonagainstthenight,andfromthemouthsoftwenty-fourvastgoldentrumpetsrumbledasolemnsyntheticmusic.