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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

monorail station-seven or eight hundred Gamma,

Delta and Epsilon men and women, with not more

than a dozen faces and statures between them. To

each of them, with his or her ticket, the booking

clerk pushed over a little cardboard pillbox. The long

caterpillar of men and women moved slowly

forward.

"What's in those" (remembering The

Merchant of Venice) "those caskets?" the Savage

enquired when Bernard had rejoined him.

"The day's soma ration," Bernard answered

rather indistinctly; for he was masticating a piece of

Benito Hoover's chewing-gum. "They get it after

their work's over. Four half-gramme tablets. Six on

Saturdays."

He took John's arm affectionately and they

walked back towards the helicopter.

Lenina came singing into the Changing

Room.

"You seem very pleased with yourself," said

Fanny.

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