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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley
"
the said Savage," so ran Bernard's
instructions, "to be shown civilized life in all its
aspects.
"
He was being shown a bird's-eye view of it
at present, a bird's-eye view from the platform of
the Charing-T Tower. The Station Master and the
Resident Meteorologist were acting as guides. But it
was Bernard who did most of the talking.
Intoxicated, he was behaving as though, at the very
least, he were a visiting World Controller. Lighter
than air.
The Bombay Green Rocket dropped out of
the sky. The passengers alighted. Eight identical
Dravidian twins in khaki looked out of the eight
portholes of the cabinthe stewards.
"Twelve hundred and fifty kilometres an
hour," said the Station Master impressively. "What
do you think of that, Mr. Savage?"
John thought it very nice. "Still," he said,
"Ariel could put a girdle round the earth in forty
minutes."
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