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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

again, stood firm. The consciousness of being in

overwhelming force had given thesesightseers a

courage which the Savage had not expected of

them. Taken aback, he halted and looked round.

"Why don't you leave me alone?" There was

an almost plaintive note in his anger.

"Have a few magnesium-salted almonds!"

said the man who, if the Savage were to advance,

would be the first to be attacked. He held out a

packet. "They're really very good, you know," he

added, with a rather nervous smile of propitiation.

"And the magnesium salts will help to keep you

young."

The Savage ignored his offer. "What do you

want with me?" he asked, turning from one grinning

face to another."What do you want with me?"

"The whip," answered a hundred voices

confusedly. "Do the whipping stunt. Let's see the

whipping stunt."

Then, in unison and on a slow, heavy

rhythm, "We-want-the whip," shouted a group at

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