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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

"Like this horrible film."

"Horrible?" Lenina was genuinely astonished.

"But I thought it was lovely."

"It was base," he said indignantly, "it was

ignoble."

She shook her head. "I don't know what you

mean." Why was he so queer? Why did he go out of

his way to spoil things?

In the taxicopter he hardly even looked at

her. Bound by strong vows that had never been

pronounced, obedient to laws that had long since

ceased to run, he sat averted and in silence.

Sometimes, as though a finger had plucked at some

taut, almost breaking string, his whole body would

shake with a sudden nervous start.

The taxicopter landed on the roof of Lenina's

apartment house. "At last," she thought exultantly

as she stepped out of the cab. At last–even though

he had been so queer just now. Standing under a

lamp, she peered into her hand mirror. At last. Yes,

her nose was a bit shiny. She shook the loose

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