Page 279 - BRAVE NEW WORLD By Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

Controller reflected, quite possibly true. But not, in

the present circumstance, admissible. He picked up

his pen again, and under the words "Not to be

published" drew a second line, thicker and blacker

than the first; then sighed, "What fun it would be,"

he thought, "if one didn't have to think about

happiness!"

With closed eyes, his face shining with

rapture, John was softly declaiming to vacancy:

"Oh! she doth teach the torches to burn

bright. It seems she hangs upon the cheek of

night,Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty

too rich for use, for earth too dear "

The golden T lay shining on Lenina's bosom.

Sportively, the Arch-Community-Songster caught

hold of it, sportively he pulled, pulled. "I think,"

said Lenina suddenly, breaking a long silence, "I'd

better take a couple of grammes of soma."

Bernard, by this time, was fast asleep and

smiling at the private paradise of his dreams.

Smiling, smiling. Butinexorably, every thirty

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