hejourneywasquieunevenfulhebluepacificrockewaswoandahalfminuesearlyaneworleans，losfourminuesinaornadooverexas，buflewinoafavourableaircurrenalongiude95wes，andwasableondasanafélesshanforysecondsbehindscheduleime

“forysecondsonasixandahalfhourflighnosobad，”leninaconceded

heyslephanighasanaféhehoelwasexcellen–incomparablybeer，forexample，hanhahorribleauroraborapaceinwhichleninahadsufferedsomuchheprevioussummerliquidair，elevision，vibrovacuummassage，radio，boilingcaffeinesoluion，hoconracepives，andeighdifferenkindsofscenwereidonineverybedroomhesynheicmusicpnwasworkingasheyeneredhehallandlefnohingobedesiredanoiceinhelifa

ouncedhahereweresixyescaorsquashrackecoursinhehoel，andhaobsacleandelecromagicgolfcouldbohbepyedinhepark

“buisoundssimplyoolovely，”criedlenina“ialmoswishwecouldsayheresixyescaorsquashcours…”

“herewon’beanyinhereservaion，”bernardwarnedher“andnoscen，noelevision，nohowaerevenifyoufeelyoucan’sandi，sayhereillicomeback”

leninawasquieoffended“ofcourseicansandiionlysaidiwaslovelyherebecause…well，becauseprogressislovely，isn’i？”

“fivehundredrepeiionsonceaweekfromhireenoseveneen，”saidbernardwearily，ashoughohimself

“whadidyousay？”

“isaidhaprogresswaslovelyha’swhyyoumusn’comeohereservaionunlessyoureallywano”

“buidowano”

“verywell，hen，”saidbernard；andiwasalmosahrea

heirpermirequiredhesignaureofhewardenofhereservaion，awhoseofficenexmorningheydulypresenedhemselvesanepsilonplusnegroporerookinbernard’scard，andheywereadmiedalmosimmediaely

hewardenwasablondandbrachycephalicalphaminus，shor，red，moonfaced，andbroadshouldered，wihaloudboomingvoice，verywelladapedoheueranceofhypnop？dicwisdomhewasamineofirrelevaninformaionandunaskedforgoodadviceoncesared，hewenonandon–boomingly

“…fivehundredandsixyhousandsquarekilomeres，dividedinofourdisincsubreservaions，eachsurroundedbyahighensionwirefence”

ahismomen，andfornoapparenreason，bernardsuddenlyrememberedhahehadlefheeaudecologapinhisbahroomwideopenandru

ing

“…suppliedwihcurrenfromhegrandcanyonhydroelecricsaion”

“cosmeaforunebyheimeigeback”wihhismind’seye，bernardsawheneedleonhescenmeercreepingroundandround，anlike，indefaigable“quicklyelephoohelmholzwason”

“…upwardsoffivehousandkilomeresoffencingasixyhousandvols”

“youdon’sayso，”saidleninapoliely，noknowinginheleaswhahewardenhadsaid，buakinghercuefromhisdramaicpausewhenhewardensaredbooming，shehadinconspicuouslyswallowedhalfagrammeofsoma，wihheresulhashecouldnowsi，serenelynolisening，hinkingofnohingaall，buwihherrgeblueeyesfixedonhewarden’sfaceinanexpressionofrapaenion

“oouchhefenceisinsandeah，”pronouncedhewardensolemnly“hereisnoescapefromasavagereservaion”

heword“escape”wassuggesive“perhaps，”saidbernard，halfrising，“weoughohinkofgoing”helilebckneedlewasscurrying，aninsec，nibblinghroughime，eainginohismoney

“noescape，”repeaedhewarden，wavinghimbackinohischair；andashepermiwasnoyecounersignedbernardhadnochoicebuoobey“hosewhoareborninhereservaion–andremember，mydearyoungdy，”headded，leeringobscenelyalenina，andspeakinginanimproperwhisper，“rememberha，inhereservaion，childrensillareborn，yes，acuallyborn，revolingashamayseem…”（hehopedhahisreferenceoashamefulsubjecwouldmakeleninablush；busheonlysmiledwihsimuedinelligenceandsaid，“youdon’sayso！”disappoined，hewardenbeganagain）“hose，irepeawhoareborninhereservaionaredesinedodiehere”

desinedodie…adecilireofeaudecologneeveryminuesixliresanhour“perhaps，”bernardriedagain，“weough…”

leaningforward，hewardenappedheablewihhisforefinger“youaskmehowmanypeopleliveinhereservaionandireply”–riumphanly–“ireplyhawedonoknowwecanonlyguess”

“youdon’sayso”

“mydearyoungdy，idosayso”

siximeswenyfour–no，iwouldbenearersiximeshirysixbernardwaspaleandremblingwihimpaiencebuinexorablyheboomingconinued