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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

green octoroon talking incomprehensibly with a

young Indian.

"Malpais," explained the pilot, as Bernard

stepped out. "This is the rest-house. And there's a

dance this afternoon at the pueblo. He'll take you

there." He pointed to the sullen young savage.

"Funny, I expect." He grinned. "Everything they do

is funny." And with that he climbed into the plane

and started up the engines. "Back to-morrow. And

remember," he added reassuringly to Lenina,

"they're perfectly tame; savages won't do you any

harm. They've got enough experience of gas bombs

to know that they mustn't play any tricks." Still

laughing, he threw the helicopter screws into gear,

accelerated, and was gone.

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