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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

thoroughly enjoying himself.

At eleven three he had all the necessary

papers in his pocket.

"So long," he said patronizingly to the

Warden, who had accompanied him as far as the lift

gates. "So long."

He walked across to the hotel, had a bath, a

vibro-vac massage, and an electrolytic shave,

listened in to the morning's news, looked in for half

an hour on the televisor, ate a leisured luncheon,

and at half-past two flew back with the octoroon to

Malpais.

The young man stood outside the rest-

house.

"Bernard," he called. "Bernard!" There was

no answer.

Noiseless on his deerksin moccasins, he ran

up the steps and tried the door. The door was

locked.

They were gone! Gone! It was the most

terrible thing that had ever happened to him. She

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