henryfoserloomeduphroughhewilighofheembryosore

“likeocomeoafeelyhisevening？”

leninashookherheadwihouspeaking

“goingouwihsomeoneelse？”iineresedhimoknowwhichofhisfriendswasbeinghadbywhichoher“isibenio？”hequesioned

sheshookherheadagain

henrydeecedhewearinessinhosepurpleeyes，hepallorbeneahhagzeoflupus，hesadnessahecornersofheunsmilingcrimsonmouh“you’renofeelingill，areyou？”heasked，arifleanxiously，afraidhashemighbesufferingfromoneofhefewremaininginfeciousdiseases

yeoncemoreleninashookherhead

“anyhow，yououghogoandseehedocor，”saidhenry“adocoradaykeepshejimjamsaway，”headdedhearily，drivinghomehishypnop？dicadagewihacponheshoulder“perhapsyouneedapregnancysubsiue，”hesuggesed“orelseanexrasrongvpsreamensomeimes，youknow，hesandardpassionsurrogaeisn’quie…”

“oh，forford’ssake，”saidlenina，breakinghersubbornsilence，“shuup！”andsheurnedbackoherneglecedembryos

avpsreamenindeed！shewouldhaveughed，ifshehadn’beenonhepoinofcryingashoughshehadn’goenoughvpofherown！shesighedprofoundlyassherefilledhersyringe“john，”shemurmuredoherself，“john…”hen“myford，”shewondered，“haveigivenhisoneissleepingsicknessinjecion，orhaven’i？”shesimplycouldn’rememberinheend，shedecidednoorunheriskofleingihaveaseconddose，andmoveddownheliohenexbole

wenywoyears，eighmonhs，andfourdaysfromhamomen，apromisingyoungalphaminusadminisraoramwanzamwanzawasodieofrypanosomiasis–hefirscaseforoverhalfacenurysighing，leninawenonwihherwork

anhourer，inhechangingroom，fa

ywasenergeicallyproesing“bui’sabsurdoleyourselfgeinoasaelikehissimplyabsurd，”sherepeaed“andwhaabou？aman–oneman”

“buhe’sheoneiwan”

“ashoughhereweren’millionsofohermeninheworld”

“buidon’wanhem”

“howcanyouknowillyou’veried？”

“ihaveried”

“buhowmany？”askedfa

y，shrugginghershouldersconempuously“one，wo？”

“dozensbu，”shakingherhead，“iwasn’anygood，”sheadded

“well，youmuspersevere，”saidfa

yseneniouslybuiwasobvioushaherconfidenceinherownprescripionshadbeenshaken“nohingcanbeachievedwihouperseverance”

“bumeanwhile…”

“don’hinkofhim”

“ican’helpi”

“akesoma，hen”

“ido”

“well，goon”

“buinheinervalsisilllikehimishallalwayslikehim”

“well，ifha’shecase，”saidfa

y，wihdecision，“whydon’youjusgoandakehimwheherhewansiorno”

“buifyouknewhowerriblyqueerhewas！”

“allhemorereasonforakingafirmline”

“i’sallverywellosayha”

“don’sandanynonsenseac”fa

y’svoicewasarumpe；shemighhavebeenaylecurergivinganeveningalkoadolescenbeaminuses“yes，ac–aoncedoinow”

“i’dbescared，”saidlenina

“well，you’veonlygooakehalfagrammeofsomafirsandnowi’mgoingohavemybah”shemarchedoff，railingherowel

hebellrang，andhesavage，whowasimpaienlyhopinghahelmholzwouldcomehaafernoon（forhavingasmadeuphismindoalkohelmholzaboulenina，hecouldnobearoposponehisconfidencesamomenlonger），jumpedupandranohedoor

“ihadapremoniioniwasyou，helmholz，”heshouedasheopened

onhehreshold，inawhieaceaesainsailorsui，andwiharoundwhiecaprakishlyiledoverherlefear，soodlenina

“oh！”saidhesavage，ashoughsomeonehadsruckhimaheavyblow

halfagrammehadbeenenoughomakeleninaforgeherfearsandherembarrassmens“hullo，john，”shesaid，smiling，andwalkedpashiminoheroomauomaicallyheclosedhedoorandfollowedherleninasadownherewasalongsilence

“youdon’seemverygdoseeme，john，”shesaidas

“nogd？”hesavagelookedaherreproachfully；hensuddenlyfellonhiskneesbeforeherand，akinglenina’shand，reverenlykissedi“nogd？oh，ifyouonlyknew，”hewhisperedand，venuringoraisehiseyesoherface，“admiredlenina，”hewenon，“indeedheopofadmiraion，worhwha’sdearesinheworld”shesmiledahimwihalusciousenderness“oh，yousoperfec”（shewasleaningowardshimwihparedlips），“soperfecandsopeerlessarecreaed”（nearerandnearer）“ofeverycreaure’sbes”sillnearerhesavagesuddenlyscrambledohisfee“ha’swhy，”hesaidspeakingwihaveredface，“iwanedodosomehingfirs…imean，oshowiwasworhyofyounohaicouldeverreallybehabuaanyraeoshowiwasn’absoluelyunworhyiwanedodosomehing”

“whyshouldyouhinkinecessary…”leninabegan，bulefhesenenceunfinishedherewasanoeofirriaioninhervoicewhenonehasleanforward，nearerandnearer，wihparedlips–onlyofindoneself，quiesuddenly，asaclumsyoafscramblesohisfee，leaningowardsnohingaall–well，hereisareason，evenwihhalfagrammeofsomacircuinginone’sbloodsream，agenuinereasonfora

oyance

“amalpais，”hesavagewasincoherenlymumbling，“youhadobringherheskinofamounainlion–imean，whenyouwanedomarrysomeoneorelseawolf”

“herearen’anylionsinengnd，”leninaalmossnapped

“andevenifherewere，”hesavageadded，wihsuddenconempuousresenmen，“peoplewouldkillhemouofhelicopers，isuppose，wihpoisongasorsomehingiwouldn’doha，lenina”hesquaredhisshoulders，hevenuredolookaherandwasmewihasareofa

oyedincomprehensionconfused，“i’lldoanyhing，”hewenon，moreandmoreincoherenly“anyhingyouellmeherebesomesporsarepainful–youknowbuheirbourdelighinhemsesoffha’swhaifeelimeani’dsweephefloorifyouwaned”

“buwe’vegovacuumcleanershere，”saidleninainbewildermen“iisn’necessary”

“no，ofcourseiisn’necessarybusomekindsofbasenessarenoblyundergonei’dlikeoundergosomehingnoblydon’yousee？”

“buifherearevacuumcleaners…”

“ha’snohepoin”

“andepsilonsemimoronsoworkhem，”shewenon，“well，really，why？”

“why？buforyou，foryoujusoshowhai…”