О дивный новый мир

           TheWardenwasablondandbrachycephalicAlpha-Minus,short,red,moon-faced,andbroad-shouldered,withaloudboomingvoice,verywelladaptedtotheutteranceofhypnopædicwisdom.Hewasamineofirrelevantinformationandunasked-forgoodadvice.Oncestarted,hewentonandon–boomingly.

           "...fivehundredandsixtythousandsquarekilometres,dividedintofourdistinctSub-Reservations,eachsurroundedbyahigh-tensionwirefence."

           Atthismoment,andfornoapparentreason,BernardsuddenlyrememberedthathehadlefttheEaudeColognetapinhisbathroomwideopenandrunning.

           "...suppliedwithcurrentfromtheGrandCanyonhydro?electricstation."

           "CostmeafortunebythetimeIgetback."Withhismind’seye,Bernardsawtheneedleonthescentmetercreepingroundandround,antlike,indefatigable."QuicklytelephonetoHelmholtzWatson."

           "...upwardsoffivethousandkilometresoffencingatsixtythousandvolts."

           "Youdon’tsayso,"saidLeninapolitely,notknowingintheleastwhattheWardenhadsaid,buttakinghercuefromhisdramaticpause.WhentheWardenstartedbooming,shehadinconspicuouslyswallowedhalfagrammeofsoma,withtheresultthatshecouldnowsit,serenelynotlistening,thinkingofnothingatall,butwithherlargeblueeyesfixedontheWarden’sfaceinanexpressionofraptattention.

           "Totouchthefenceisinstantdeath,"pronouncedtheWardensolemnly."ThereisnoescapefromaSavageReservation."

           Theword"escape"wassuggestive.