bernardhadoshouhroughhelockeddoor；hesavagewouldnoopen

“bueverybody’shere，waiingforyou”

“lehemwai，”camebackhemuffledvoicehroughhedoor

“buyouknowquiewell，john”（howdifficuliisosoundpersuasiveaheopofone’svoice！）“iaskedhemonpurposeomeeyou”

“yououghohaveaskedmefirswheheriwanedomeehem”

“buyoualwayscamebefore，john”

“ha’spreciselywhyidon’wanocomeagain”

“jusopleaseme，”bernardbellowinglywheedled“won’youcomeopleaseme？”

“no”

“doyouseriouslymeani？”

“yes”

despairingly，“buwhashallido？”bernardwailed

“goohell！”bawledheexasperaedvoicefromwihin

“buhearchcommuniysongserofcanerburyishereonigh”bernardwasalmosinears

“aiyaaákwa！”iwasonlyinzu？ihahesavagecouldadequaelyexpresswhahefelabouhearchcommuniysongser“háni！”headdedasanaferhough；andhen（wihwhaderisiveferociy！）：“sonsésosená”andhespaonheground，aspopémighhavedone

inheendbernardhadoslinkback，diminished，ohisroomsandinformheimpaienassemblyhahesavagewouldnobeappearinghaeveninghenewswasreceivedwihindignaionhemenwerefuriousahavingbeenrickedinobehavingpolielyohisinsignificanfellowwihheunsavouryrepuaionandhehereicalopinionshehigherheirposiioninhehierarchy，hedeeperheirresenmen

“opysuchajokeonme，”hearchsongserkeprepeaing，“onme！”

asforhewomen，heyindignanlyfelhaheyhadbeenhadonfalsepreences–hadbyawrechedlilemanwhohadhadalcoholpouredinohisbolebymisake–byacreaurewihagammaminusphysiqueiwasanourage，andheysaidso，moreandmoreloudlyheheadmisressofeonwasparicurlyscahing

leninaalonesaidnohingpale，herblueeyescloudedwihanunwonedmencholy，shesainacorner，cuofffromhosewhosurroundedherbyanemoionwhichheydidnoshareshehadcomeoheparyfilledwihasrangefeelingofanxiousexulaion“inafewminues，”shehadsaidoherself，assheeneredheroom，“ishallbeseeinghim，alkingohim，ellinghim”（forshehadcomewihhermindmadeup）“hailikehim–morehananybodyi’veeverknownandhenperhapshe’llsay…”

whawouldhesay？hebloodhadrushedohercheeks

“whywashesosrangeheohernigh，aferhefeelies？soqueerandyei’mabsoluelysurehereallydoesraherlikemei’msure…”

iwasahismomenhabernardhadmadehisa

ouncemen；hesavagewasn’comingohepary

leninasuddenlyfelallhesensaionsnormallyexperiencedahebegi

ingofaviolenpassionsurrogaereamen–asenseofdreadfulempiness，abreahlessapprehension，anauseaherhearseemedosopbeaing

“perhapsi’sbecausehedoesn’likeme，”shesaidoherselfandaoncehispossibiliybecameanesablishedcerainy：johnhadrefusedocomebecausehedidn’likeherhedidn’likeher…

“ireallyisabioohick，”heheadmisressofeonwassayingohedirecorofcremaoriaandphosphorusrecmaion“whenihinkhaiacually…”

“yes，”camehevoiceoffa

ycrowne，“i’sabsoluelyrueabouhealcoholsomeoneiknowknewsomeonewhowasworkinginheembryosoreaheimeshesaidomyfriend，andmyfriendsaidome…”

“oobad，oobad，”saidhenryfoser，sympahizingwihhearchcommuniysongser“imayineresyouoknowhaourexdirecorwasonhepoinofransferringhimoicend”

piercedbyeverywordhawasspoken，heighballoonofbernard’shappyselfconfidencewasleakingfromahousandwoundspale，disraugh，abjecandagiaed，hemovedamonghisguess，sammeringincoherenapologies，assuringhemhaneximehesavagewouldcerainlybehere，begginghemosidownandakeacaroenesandwich，asliceofviaminap？é，agssofchampagnesurrogaeheydulyae，buignoredhim；drankandwereeiherrudeohisfaceoralkedooneanoherabouhim，loudlyandoffensively，ashoughhehadnobeenhere

“andnow，myfriends，”saidhearchcommuniysongserofcanerbury，inhabeauifulringingvoicewihwhichheledheproceedingsaford’sdaycelebraions，“now，myfriends，ihinkperhapsheimehascome…”herose，pudownhisgss，brushedfromhispurpleviscosewaiscoahecrumbsofaconsiderablecolion，andwalkedowardshedoor

bernarddaredforwardoinercephim

“musyoureally，archsongser？…i’sveryearlysilli’dhopedyouwould…”

yes，whahadn’hehoped，whenleninaconfideniallyoldhimhahearchcommuniysongserwouldaccepaninviaionifiweresen“he’sreallyraherswee，youknow”andshehadshownbernardhelilegoldenzipperfaseninginheformofawhichhearchsongserhadgivenherasamemenoofheweekendshehadspenambehomeehearchcommuniysongserofcanerburyandmrsavagebernardhadprocimedhisriumphoneveryinviaioncardbuhesavagehadchosenhiseveningofalleveningsolockhimselfupinhisroom，oshou“háni！”andeven（iwasluckyhabernarddidn’undersandzu？i）“sonsésosená！”whashouldhavebeenhecrowningmomenofbernard’swholecareerhadurnedouobehemomenofhisgreaeshumiliaion

“i’dsomuchhoped…”hesammeringlyrepeaed，lookingupahegreadigniarywihpleadinganddisracedeyes

“myyoungfriend，”saidhearchcommuniysongserinaoneofloudandsolemnseveriy；herewasageneralsilence“lemegiveyouawordofadvice”hewaggedhisfingerabernard“beforei’sooeawordofgoodadvice”（hisvoicebecamesepulchral）“mendyourways，myyoungfriend，mendyourways”hemadehesignofheoverhimandurnedaway“lenina，mydear，”hecalledinanoherone“comewihme”

obedienly，buunsmilingand（whollyinsensibleofhehonourdooher）wihoueion，leninawalkedaferhim，ouofheroomheoherguessfollowedaarespecfulinervalhesofhemsmmedhedoorbernardwasallalone

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