aeonheyalighedonheroofofupperschoolonheopposiesideofschoolyard，hefifywosoriesoflupon’sowergleamedwhieinhesunshinecollegeonheirlefand，onheirrigh，heschoolcommuniysingeryrearedheirvenerablepilesofferroconcreeandviagssinhecenreofhequadranglesoodhequainoldchromeseelsaueofourford

drgaffney，heprovos，andmisskeae，heheadmisress，receivedhemasheyseppedouofhepne

“doyouhavemanywinshere？”hesavageaskedraherapprehensively，asheyseouonheirourofinspecion

“oh，no，”heprovosanswered“eonisreservedexclusivelyforuppercaseboysandgirlsoneegg，oneadulimakeseducaionmoredifficulofcoursebuashey’llbecalleduponoakeresponsibiliiesanddealwihunexpecedemergencies，ican’behelped”hesighed

bernard，meanwhile，hadakenasrongfancyomisskeae“ifyou’refreeanymonday，wednesday，orfridayevening，”hewassayingjerkinghishumbowardshesavage，“he’scurious，youknow，”bernardadded“quain”

misskeaesmiled（andhersmilewasreallycharming，hehough）；saidhankyou；wouldbedelighedocomeooneofhispariesheprovosopenedadoor

fiveminuesinhaalphadoublepluscssroomlefjohnariflebewildered

“whaiselemenaryreiviy？”hewhisperedobernardbernardriedoexpin，henhoughbeerofiandsuggesedhaheyshouldgoosomeohercssroom

frombehindadoorinhecorridorleadingohebeaminusgeographyroom，aringingsopranovoicecalled，“one，wo，hree，four，”andhen，wihawearyimpaience，“asyouwere”

“malhusiandrill，”expinedheheadmisress“mosofourgirlsarefreemarins，ofcoursei’mafreemarinmyself”shesmiledabernard“buwehaveaboueighhundredunserilizedoneswhoneedconsandrilling”

inhebeaminusgeographyroomjohnlearnha“asavagereservaionisapcewhich，owingounfavourableclimaicorgeologicalcondiions，orpoveryofnauralresources，hasnobeenworhheexpenseofcivilizing”aclick；heroomwasdarkened；andsuddenly，onhescreenabovehemaser’shead，herewerehepenienesofacomaprosrainghemselvesbeforeourdy，andwailingasjohnhadheardhemwail，confessingheirsinsbeforejesusonhecross，beforeheeagleimageofpookongheyoungeoniansfairlyshouedwihughersillwailing，hepenienesroseoheirfee，srippedoffheiruppergarmensand，wihknoedwhips，beganobeahemselves，blowaferblowredoubled，heugheddrownedevenheamplifiedrecordofheirgroans

“buwhydoheyugh？”askedhesavageinapainedbewildermen

“why？”heprovosurnedowardshimasillbroadlygri

ingface“why？bubecausei’ssoexraordinarilyfu

y”

inhecinemaographicwiligh，bernardriskedagesurewhich，inhepas，evenoaldarknesswouldhardlyhaveemboldenedhimomakesronginhisnewimporance，hepuhisarmaroundheheadmisress’swaisiyielded，willowilyhewasjusabouosnachakissorwoandperhapsagenlepinch，whenheshuersclickedopenagain

“perhapswehadbeergoon，”saidmisskeae，andmovedowardshedoor

“andhis，”saidheprovosamomener，“ishypnop？dicconrolroom”

hundredsofsynheicmusicboxes，oneforeachdormiory，soodrangedinshelvesroundhreesidesofheroom；pigeonholedonhefourhwerehepapersoundrackrollsonwhichhevarioushypnop？diclessonswereprined

“youslipherollinhere，”expinedbernard，inierrupingdrgaffney，“pressdownhisswich…”

“no，haone，”correcedheprovos，a

oyed

“haone，henherollunwindsheseleniumcellsransformhelighimpulsesinosoundwaves，and…”

“andhereyouare，”drgaffneyconcluded

“doheyreadshakespeare？”askedhesavageasheywalked，onheirwayohebiochemicalboraories，pasheschoollibrary

“cerainlyno，”saidheheadmisress，blushing

“ourlibrary，”saiddrgaffney，“conainsonlybooksofreferenceifouryoungpeopleneeddisracion，heycangeiahefeelieswedon’encouragehemoindulgeinanysoliaryamusemens”

fivebusloadsofboysandgirls，singingorinasilenembracemen，rolledpashemoverhevirifiedhighway

“jusreurned，”expineddrgaffney，whilebernard，whispering，madeanappoinmenwihheheadmisressforhaveryevening，“fromhesloughcremaoriumdeahcondiioningbeginsaeigheenmonhseveryospendswomorningsaweekinahospialforhedyingallhebesoysarekephere，andheygechocoecreamondeahdaysheylearnoakedyingasamaerofcourse”

“likeanyoherphysiologicalprocess，”puinheheadmisressprofessionally

eigho’clockahesavoyiwasallarranged

onheirwaybackolondonheysoppedaheelevisioncorporaion’sfacoryabrenford

“doyoumindwaiinghereamomenwhileigoandelephone？”askedbernard

hesavagewaiedandwachedhemaindayshifwasjusgoingoffduycrowdsoflowercaseworkerswerequeuedupinfronofhemonorailsaionsevenoreighhundredgamma，delaandepsilonmenandwomen，wihnomorehanadozenfacesandsauresbeweenhemoeachofhem，wihhisorhericke，hebookingclerkpushedoveralilecardboardpillboxhelongcaerpilrofmenandwomenmovedslowlyforward

“wha’sinhose”（rememberinghemerchanofvenice）“hosecaskes？”hesavageenquiredwhenbernardhadrejoinedhim

“heday’ssomaraion，”bernardansweredraherindisincly；forhewasmasicaingapieceofbeniohoover’schewinggum“heygeiaferheirwork’soverfourhalfgrammeablessixonsaurdays”

heookjohn’sarmaffecionaelyandheywalkedbackowardshehelicoper

leninacamesinginginohechangingroom

“youseemverypleasedwihyourself，”saidfa

y

“iampleased，”sheansweredzip！“bernardranguphalfanhourago”zip，zip！sheseppedouofhershors“hehasanunexpecedengagemen”zip！“askedmeifi’dakehesavageohefeelieshiseveningimusfly”shehurriedawayowardshebahroom