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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

me; goes out of the room when I come in; won't

touch me; won't even look at me. But sometimes if I

turn round suddenly, I catch him staring; and then–

well, you know how men look when they like you."

Yes, Fanny knew.

"I can't make it out," said Lenina.

She couldn't make it out; and not only was

bewildered; was also rather upset.

"Because, you see, Fanny, I like him."

Liked him more and more. Well, now there'd

be a real chance, she thought, as she scented

herself after her bath. Dab, dab, dab–a real chance.

Her high spirits overflowed in a song.

''Hug me till you drug me, honey; Kiss me

till I'm in a coma; Hug me, honey, snuggly bunny;

Love's as good as soma."

The scent organ was playing a delightfully

refreshing Herbal Capriccio–rippling arpeggios of

thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle,

tarragon; a series of daring modulations through the

spice keys into ambergris; and a slow returnthrough

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