odd，odd，odd，waslenina’sverdiconbernardmarxsoodd，indeed，hainhecourseofhesucceedingweeksshehadwonderedmorehanoncewhehersheshouldn’changehermindabouhenewmexicoholiday，andgoinseadohenorhpolewihbeniohooverheroublewashasheknewhenorhpole，hadbeenherewihgeorgeedzelonlyssummer，andwhawasmore，foundipreygrimnohingodo，andhehoeloohopelesslyoldfashioned–noelevisionidoninhebedrooms，noscenorgan，onlyhemospuridsynheicmusic，andnomorehanwenyfiveescaorsquashcoursforoverwohundredguessno，decidedlyshecouldn’facehenorhpoleagainaddedowhich，shehadonlybeenoamericaoncebeforeandevenhen，howinadequaely！acheapweekendinnewyork–hadibeenwihjeanjacqueshabibulhorbokanovskyjones？shecouldn’rememberanyhow，iwasofabsoluelynoimporanceheprospecofflyingwesagain，andforawholeweek，wasveryinviingmoreover，foraleashreedaysofhaweekheywouldbeinhesavagereservaionnomorehanhalfadozenpeopleinhewholecenrehadeverbeeninsideasavagereservaionasanalphapluspsychologis，bernardwasoneofhefewmenshekneweniledoapermiforlenina，heopporuniywasuniqueandye，souniquealsowasbernard’soddnesshashehadhesiaedoakei，hadacuallyhoughofriskinghepoleagainwihfu

yoldbenioaleasbeniowasnormalwhereasbernard…

“alcoholinhisbloodsurrogae，”wasfa

y’sexpnaionofeveryeccenriciybuhenry，wihwhom，oneeveningwhenheywereinbedogeher，leninahadraheranxiouslydiscussedhernewlover，henryhadcomparedpoorbernardoarhinoceros

“youcan’eacharhinocerosricks，”hehadexpinedinhisbriefandvigoroussyle“somemenarealmosrhinoceroses；heydon’respondproperlyocondiioningpoordevils！bernard’soneofhemluckilyforhim，he’spreygoodahisjoboherwisehedirecorwouldneverhavekephimhowever，”headdedconsolingly，“ihinkhe’spreyharmless”

preyharmless，perhaps；bualsopreydisquieinghamania，osarwih，fordoinghingsinprivaewhichmean，inpracice，nodoinganyhingaallforwhawasherehaonecoulddoinprivae（apar，ofcourse，fromgoingobed：buonecouldn’dohaallheime）yes，whawashere？preciouslilehefirsafernoonheywenouogeherwasparicurlyfineleninahadsuggesedaswimaoquaycounryclubfollowedbydi

eraheoxfordunionbubernardhoughherewouldbeoomuchofacrowdhenwhaabouaroundofelecromagicgolfasandrew’s？buagain，no：bernardconsideredhaelecromagicgolfwasawaseofime

“henwha’simefor？”askedleninainsomeasonishmen

apparenly，forgoingwalksinhekedisric；forhawaswhahenowproposedndonheopofskiddawandwalkforacoupleofhoursinheheaher“alonewihyou，lenina”

“bu，bernard，weshallbealoneallnigh”

bernardblushedandlookedaway“imean，aloneforalking，”hemumbled

“alking？buwhaabou？”walkingandalking–haseemedaveryoddwayofspendinganafernoon

inheendshepersuadedhim，muchagainshiswill，oflyoveroamserdamoseehesemidemifinalsofhewomen’sheavyweighwreslingchampionship

“inacrowd，”hegrumbled“asusual”heremainedobsinaelygloomyhewholeafernoon；wouldn’alkolenina’sfriends（ofwhomheymedozensinheicecreamsomabarbeweenhewreslingbous）；andinspieofhismiseryabsoluelyrefusedoakehehalfgrammeraspberrysundaewhichshepresseduponhim“i’draherbemyself，”hesaid“myselfandnasynosomebodyelse，howeverjolly”

“agrammeinimesavesnine，”saidlenina，producingabrighreasureofsleepaughwisdombernardpushedawayheprofferedgssimpaienly

“nowdon’loseyouremper，”shesaid“rememberonecubiccenimerecuresengloomysenimens”

“oh，forford’ssake，bequie！”heshoued

leninashruggedhershoulders“agrammeisalwaysbeerhanadamn，”sheconcludedwihdigniy，anddrankhesundaeherself

onheirwaybackacrosshecha

el，bernardinsisedonsoppinghispropellerandhoveringonhishelicoperscrewswihinahundredfeeofhewavesheweaherhadakenachangeforheworse；asouhweserlywindhadsprungup，heskywascloudy

“look，”hecommanded

“bui’shorrible，”saidlenina，shrinkingbackfromhewindowshewasappalledbyherushingempinessofhenigh，byhebckfoamfleckedwaerheavingbeneahhem，byhepalefaceofhemoon，sohaggardanddisracedamonghehaseningclouds“le’surnonheradioquick！”shereachedforhediallingknobonhedashboardandurnediarandom

“…skiesareblueinsideofyou，”sangsixeenremoloingfalseos，“heweaher’salways…”

henahiccoughandsilencebernardhadswichedofhecurren

“iwanolookaheseainpeace，”hesaid“onecan’evenlookwihhabeaslynoisegoingon”

“bui’slovelyandidon’wanolook”

“buido，”heinsised“imakesmefeelashough…”hehesiaed，searchingforwordswihwhichoexpresshimself，“ashoughiweremoreme，ifyouseewhaimeanmoreonmyown，nosocompleelyaparofsomehingelsenojusacellinhesocialbodydoesn’imakeyoufeellikeha，lenina？”

buleninawascrying“i’shorrible，i’shorrible，”shekeprepeaing“andhowcanyoualklikehaabounowaningobeaparofhesocialbody？aferall，everyoneworksforeveryoneelsewecan’dowihouanyoneevenepsilons…”

“yes，iknow，”saidbernardderisively“‘evenepsilonsareuseful’！soamiandidamnedwellwishiweren’！”

leninawasshockedbyhisbsphemy“bernard！”sheproesedinavoiceofamazeddisress“howcanyou？”

inadifferenkey，“howcani？”herepeaedmediaively“no，herealproblemis：howisihaican’，orraher–because，aferall，iknowquiewellwhyican’–whawouldibelikeificould，ifiwerefree–noensvedbymycondiioning”

“bu，bernard，you’resayinghemosawfulhings”

“don’youwishyouwerefree，lenina？”