byeigho’clockhelighwasfailingheloudspeakerinheowerofhesokepogesclubhousebegan，inamorehanhumanenor，oa

ounceheclosingofhecoursesleninaandhenryabandonedheirgameandwalkedbackowardsheclubfromhegroundsofheinernalandexernalsecreionruscamehelowingofhosehousandsofcalewhichprovided，wihheirhormonesandheirmilk，herawmaerialsforhegreafacoryafarnhamroyal

anincessanbuzzingofhelicopersfilledhewiligheverywoandahalfminuesabellandhescreechofwhislesa

ouncedhedeparureofoneofhelighmonorailrainswhichcarriedhelowercasegolfersbackfromheirseparaecourseohemeropolis

leninaandhenryclimbedinoheirmachineandsaredoffaeighhundredfeehenrysloweddownhehelicoperscrews，andheyhungforaminueorwopoisedabovehefadingndscapeheforesofburnhambeechessrechedlikeagreapoolofdarknessowardshebrighshoreofhewesernskycrimsonahehorizon，hesofhesunsefaded，hroughorange，upwardsinoyellowandapalewaerygreennorhwards，beyondandaboveherees，heinernalandexernalsecreionsfacorygredwihafierceelecricbrilliancefromeverywindowofiswenysoriesbeneahhemyhebuildingsofhegolfclub–hehugelowercasebarracksand，onheohersideofadividingwall，hesmallerhousesreservedforalphaandbeamembersheapproachesohemonorailsaionwerebckwihheanlikepulluionoflowercaseaciviyfromunderhegssvaulalighedrainshoouinoheopenfollowingissouheaserlycourseacrosshedarkpinheireyesweredrawnohemajesicbuildingsofhesloughcremaoriumforhesafeyofnighflyingpnes，isfourallchimneyswerefloodlighedandippedwihcrimsondangersignalsiwasandmark

“whydohesmokesackshavehosehingslikebalconiesaroundhem？”enquiredlenina

“phosphorusrecovery，”expinedhenryelegraphically“onheirwayuphechimneyhegasesgohroughfourseparaereamensp2o5usedogorighouofcircuioneveryimeheycremaedsomeonenowheyrecoveroverniyeighpercenofimorehanakiloandahalfperadulcorpsewhichmakeshebesparoffourhundredonsofphosphoruseveryyearfromengndalone”henryspokewihahappypride，rejoicingwholehearedlyinheachievemen，ashoughihadbeenhisown“fiohinkwecangoonbeingsociallyusefulevenaferwe’redeadmakingpnsgrow”

lenina，meanwhile，hadurnedhereyesawayandwaslookingperpendicurlydownwardsahemonorailsaion“fine，”sheagreed“buqueerhaalphasandbeaswon’makeanymorepnsgrowhanhosenasylilegammasanddelasandepsilonsdownhere”

“allmenarephysicochemicallyequal，”saidhenryseneniously“besides，evenepsilonsperformindispensableservices”

“evenanepsilon…”leninasuddenlyrememberedanoccasionwhen，asalilegirlaschool，shehadwokenupinhemiddleofhenighandbecomeaware，forhefirsime，ofhewhisperinghahadhaunedallhersleepsshesawagainhebeamofmoonligh，herowofsmallwhiebeds；heardoncemorehesof，sofvoicehasaid（hewordswerehere，unforgoen，unforgeableafersomanynighlongrepeiions）：“everyoneworksforeveryoneelsewecan’dowihouanyoneevenepsilonsareusefulwecouldn’dowihouepsilonseveryoneworksforeveryoneelsewecan’dowihouanyone…”leninarememberedherfirsshockoffearandsurprise；herspecuionshroughhalfawakefulhour；andhen，underheinfluenceofhoseendlessrepeiions，hegradualsoohingofhermind，hesoohing，hesmoohing，hesealhycreepingofsleep…

“isupposeepsilonsdon’reallymindbeingepsilons，”shesaidaloud

“ofcourseheydon’howcanhey？heydon’knowwhai’slikebeinganyhingelsewe’dmind，ofcoursebuhenwe’vebeendifferenlycondiionedbesides，wesarwihadifferenherediy”

“i’mgdi’mnoanepsilon，”saidlenina，wihconvicion

“andifyouwereanepsilon，”saidhenry，“yourcondiioningwouldhavemadeyounolesshankfulhayouweren’abeaoranalpha”hepuhisforwardpropellerinogearandheadedhemachiowardslondonbehindhem，inhewes，hecrimsonandorangewerealmosfaded；adarkbankofcloudhadcrepinohezenihasheyflewoverhecremaorium，hepneshoupwardsonhecolumnofhoairrisingfromhechimneys，onlyofallassuddenlywhenipassedinohedescendingchillbeyond

“whaamarvellousswichback！”leninaugheddelighedly

buhenry’sonewasalmos，foramomen，mencholy“doyouknowwhahaswichbackwas？”hesaid“iwassomehumanbeingfinallyanddefinielydisappearinggoingupinasquirofhogasiwouldbecuriousoknowwhoiwas–amanorawoman，analphaoranepsilon…”hesighedhen，inaresoluelycheerfulvoice，“anyhow，”heconcluded，“here’sohingwecanbecerainof；whoeverhemayhavebeen，hewashappywhenhewasaliveeverybody’shappynow”

“yes，everybody’shappynow，”echoedleninaheyhadheardhewordsrepeaedahundredandfifyimeseverynighforwelveyears

ndingonheroofofhenry’sforysoryaparmenhouseinwesminser，heywensraighdownohedininghallhere，inaloudandcheerfulcompany，heyaeanexcellenmealsomawasservedwihhecoffeeleninaookwohalfgrammeablesandhenryhreeawenypasniheywalkedacrosshesreeohenewlyopenedwesminserabbeycabareiwasanighalmoswihouclouds，moonlessandsarry；buofhisonhewholedepressingfacleninaandhenrywereforunaelyunawareheelecricskysignseffecivelyshuoffheouerdarkness“calvinsopesandhissixeensexophoniss”fromhefa？adeofhenewabbeyhegianleersinviinglygred“london’sfinesscenandcolourorganallheessynheicmusic”