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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

Bursary; a new distribution was hastily made and, to

the sound of the Voice's richly affectionate, baritone

valedictions, the twins dispersed, blubbering as

though their hearts would break. "Good-bye, my

dearest, dearest friends, Ford keep you! Good-bye,

my dearest, dearest friends, Ford keep you. Good-

bye my dearest, dearest "

When the last of the Deltas had gone the

policeman switched off the current. The angelic

Voice fell silent.

"Will you come quietly?" asked the Sergeant,

"or must we anæsthetize?" He pointed his water

pistol menacingly.

"Oh, we'll come quietly," the Savage

answered, dabbing alternately a cut lip, a scratched

neck, and a bitten left hand.

Still keeping his handkerchief to his bleeding

nose Helmholtz nodded in confirmation.

Awake and having recovered the use of his

legs, Bernard had chosen this moment to move as

inconspicuously as he could towards the door.

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