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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

him imploringly.

He shook his head, he pushed his way

through them. "No, no."

"We're not inviting any other man."

But Helmholtz remained unshaken even by

this delightful promise. "No," he repeated, "I'm

busy." And he held resolutely on his course. The

girls trailed after him. It was not till he had actually

climbed into Bernard's plane and slammed the door

that they gave up pursuit. Not without reproaches.

"These women!" he said, as the machine

rose into the air. "These women!" And he shook his

head, he frowned. "Too awful," Bernard

hypocritically agreed, wishing, as he spoke the

words, that he could have as many girls as

Helmholtz did, and with as little trouble. He was

seized with a sudden urgent need to boast. "I'm

taking Lenina Crowne to New Mexico with me," he

said in a tone as casual as he could make it.

"Are you?" said Helmholtz, with a total

absence of interest. Then after a little pause, "This

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