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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

Predestinator came out and cadged almost abjectly

for an invitation to one of Bernard's evening parties.

As for the women, Bernard had only to hint at the

possibility of an invitation, and he could have

whichever of them he liked.

"Bernard's asked me to meet the Savage

next Wednesday," Fanny announced triumphantly.

"I'm so glad," said Lenina. "And now you

must admit that you were wrong about Bernard.

Don't you think he's really rather sweet?"

Fanny nodded. "And I must say," she said,

"I was quite agreeably surprised."

The Chief Bottler, the Director of

Predestination, three Deputy Assistant Fertilizer-

Generals, the Professor of Feelies in the College of

Emotional Engineering, the Dean of the Westminster

Community Singery, the Supervisor

ofBokanovskification–the list of Bernard's notabilities

was interminable.

"And I had six girls last week," he confided

to Helmholtz Watson. "One on Monday, two on

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