О дивный новый мир

           Alphasaresoconditionedthattheydonothavetobeinfantileintheiremotionalbehaviour.Butthatisallthemorereasonfortheirmakingaspecialefforttoconform.ltistheirdutytobeinfantile,evenagainsttheirinclination.Andso,Mr.Marx,Igiveyoufairwarning."TheDirector’svoicevibratedwithanindignationthathadnowbecomewhollyrighteousandimpersonal–wastheexpressionofthedisapprovalofSocietyitself."IfeverIhearagainofanylapsefromaproperstandardofinfantiledecorum,IshallaskforyourtransferencetoaSub-Centre–preferablytoIceland.Goodmorning."Andswivellingroundinhischair,hepickeduphispenandbegantowrite.

           "That’llteachhim,"hesaidtohimself.Buthewasmistaken.ForBernardlefttheroomwithaswagger,exulting,ashebangedthedoorbehindhim,inthethoughtthathestoodalone,embattledagainsttheorderofthings;elatedbytheintoxicatingconsciousnessofhisindividualsignificanceandimportance.Eventhethoughtofpersecutionlefthimundismayed,wasrathertonicthandepressing.Hefeltstrongenoughtomeetandovercomeaffliction,strongenoughtofaceevenIceland.Andthisconfidencewasthegreaterforhisnotforamomentreallybelievingthathewouldbecalledupontofaceanythingatall.Peoplesimplyweren’ttransferredforthingslikethat.Icelandwasjustathreat.Amoststimulatingandlife-givingthreat.Walkingalongthecorridor,heactuallywhistled.

           HeroicwastheaccounthegavethateveningofhisinterviewwiththeD.H.C.