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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

himself from her embrace. Desperately she clung.

"But I'm Linda, I'm Linda."' The laughter drowned

her voice. "You made me have a baby," she

screamed above the uproar. There was a sudden

and appalling hush; eyes floated uncomfortably, not

knowing where to look. The Director went suddenly

pale, stopped strugglingand stood, his hands on her

wrists, staring down at her, horrified. "Yes, a baby–

and I was its mother." She flung the obscenity like a

challenge into the outraged silence; then, suddenly

breaking away from him, ashamed, ashamed,

covered her face with her hands, sobbing. "It

wasn't my fault, Tomakin. Because I always did my

drill, didn't I? Didn't I? Always I don't know how

If you knew how awful, Tomakin But he was a

comfort to me, all the same." Turning towards the

door, "John!" she called. "John!"

He came in at once, paused for a moment

just inside the door, looked round, then soft on his

moccasined feet strode quickly across the room, fell

on his knees in front of the Director, and said in a

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