О дивный новый мир

           "Perhaps,"saidBernard,halfrising,"weoughttothinkofgoing."Thelittleblackneedlewasscurrying,aninsect,nibblingthroughtime,eatingintohismoney.

           "Noescape,"repeatedtheWarden,wavinghimbackintohischair;andasthepermitwasnotyetcountersignedBernardhadnochoicebuttoobey."ThosewhoarebornintheReservation–andremember,mydearyounglady,"headded,leeringobscenelyatLenina,andspeakinginanimproperwhisper,"rememberthat,intheReservation,childrenstillareborn,yes,actuallyborn,revoltingasthatmayseem..."(HehopedthatthisreferencetoashamefulsubjectwouldmakeLeninablush;butsheonlysmiledwithsimulatedintelligenceandsaid,"Youdon’tsayso!"Disappointed,theWardenbeganagain.)"Those,IrepeatwhoarebornintheReservationaredestinedtodiethere."

           Destinedtodie...AdecilitreofEaudeCologneeveryminute.Sixlitresanhour."Perhaps,"Bernardtriedagain,"weought..."

           Leaningforward,theWardentappedthetablewithhisforefinger."YouaskmehowmanypeopleliveintheReservation.AndIreply"–triumphantly–"Ireplythatwedonotknow.Wecanonlyguess."

           "Youdon’tsayso."

           "Mydearyounglady,Idosayso."

           Sixtimestwenty-four–no,itwouldbenearersixtimesthirty-six.Bernardwaspaleandtremblingwithimpatience.Butinexorablytheboomingcontinued.