hemenialsaffofheparknehospialforhedyingconsisedofonehundredandsixywodelasdividedinowobokanovskygroupsofeighyfourredheadedfemaleandsevenyeighdarkdolychocephalicmalewins，respecivelyasix，whenheirworkingdaywasover，hewogroupsassembledinhevesibuleofhehospialandwereservedbyhedepuysubbursarwihheirsomaraion

fromhelifhesavageseppedouinohemidsofhembuhismindwaselsewhere–wihdeah，wihhisgrief，andhisremorse；mechanicaly，wihouconsciousnessofwhahewasdoing，hebeganoshoulderhiswayhroughhecrowd

“whoareyoupushing？wheredoyouhinkyou’regoing？”

high，low，fromamuliudeofseparaehroas，onlywovoicessqueakedorgrowledrepeaedindefiniely，ashoughbyarainofmirrors，wofaces，oneahairlessandfreckledmoonhaloedinorange，heoherahin，beakedbirdmask，subblywihwodays’beard，urnedangrilyowardshimheirwordsand，inhisribs，hesharpnudgingofelbows，brokehroughhisunawarenesshewokeoncemoreoexernalrealiy，lookedroundhim，knewwhahesaw–knewi，wihasinkingsenseofhorroranddisgus，forherecurrendeliriumofhisdaysandnighs，henighmareofswarmingindisinguishablesamenesswins，wins…likemaggosheyhadswarmeddefilinglyoverhemyseryoflinda’sdeahmaggosagain，burger，fullgrown，heynowcrawledacrosshisgriefandhisrepenancehehaledand，wihbewilderedandhorrifiedeyes，saredroundhimahekhakimob，inhemidsofwhich，overoppingibyafullhead，hesood“howmanygoodlycreauresareherehere！”hesingingwordsmockedhimderisively“howbeaueousmankindis！obravenewworld…”

“somadisribuion！”shouedaloudvoice“ingoodorder，pleasehurryuphere”

adoorhadbeenopened，aableandchaircarriedinohevesibulehevoicewashaofajaunyyoungalpha，whohadeneredcarryingabckironcashboxamurmurofsaisfacionwenupfromheexpecanwinsheyforgoallabouhesavageheiraenionwasnowfocusedonhebckcashbox，whichheyoungmanhadpcedonheable，andwasnowinprocessofunlockinghelidwaslifed

“oooh！”saidallhehundredandsixywosimulaneously，ashoughheywerelookingafireworks

heyoungmanookouahandfulofinypillboxes“now，”hesaidperemporily，“sepforward，pleaseoneaaime，andnoshoving”

oneaaime，wihnoshoving，hewinsseppedforwardfirswomales，henafemale，henanohermale，henhreefemales，hen…

hesavagesoodlookingon“obravenewworld，obravenewworld…”inhismindhesingingwordsseemedochangeheiroheyhadmockedhimhroughhismiseryandremorse，mockedhimwihhowhideousanoeofcynicalderision！fiendishlyughing，heyhadinsisedonhelowsqualor，henauseousuglinessofhenighmarenow，suddenly，heyrumpeedacalloarms“obravenewworld！”mirandawasprociminghepossibiliyofloveliness，hepossibiliyofransformingevenhenighmareinosomehingfineandnoble“obravenewworld！”iwasachallenge，acommand

“noshovingherenow！”shouedhedepuysubbursarinafuryhesmmeddownhelidofhiscashbox“ishallsophedisribuionunlessihavegoodbehaviour”

hedelasmuered，josledoneanoheralile，andhenweresillhehreahadbeeneffecivedeprivaionofsoma–appallinghough！

“ha’sbeer，”saidheyoungman，andreopenedhiscashbox

lindahadbeenasve，lindahaddied；ohersshouldliveinfreedom，andheworldbemadebeauifulareparaion，aduyandsuddenlyiwasluminouslyclearohesavagewhahemusdo；iwasashoughashuerhadbeenopened，acuraindrawnback

“now，”saidhedepuysubbursar

anoherkhakifemaleseppedforward

“sop！”calledhesavageinaloudandringingvoice“sop！”

hepushedhiswayoheable；hedelassaredahimwihasonishmen

“ford！”saidhedepuysubbursar，belowhisbreah“i’shesavage”hefelscared

“lisen，ibegofyou，”criedhesavageearnesly“lendmeyourears…”hehadneverspokeninpublicbefore，andfoundiverydifficuloexpresswhahewanedosay“don’akehahorriblesuffi’spoison，i’spoison”

“isay，mrsavage，”saidhedepuysubbursar，smilingpropiiaingly“wouldyoumindleingme…”

“poisonosoulaswellasbody”

“yes，bulemegeonwihmydisribuion，won’you？here’sagoodfellow”wihhecauiousendernessofonewhosrokesanooriouslyviciousanimal，hepaedhesavage’sarm“jusleme…”

“never！”criedhesavage

“bulookhere，oldman…”

“hrowiallaway，hahorriblepoison”

hewords“hrowiallaway”piercedhroughheenfoldingyersofincomprehensionohequickofhedela’sconsciousnessanangrymurmurwenupfromhecrowd

“icomeobringyoufreedom，”saidhesavage，urningbackowardshewins“icome…”

hedepuysubbursarheardnomore；hehadslippedouofhevesibuleandwaslookingupanumberinheelephonebook

“noinhisownrooms，”bernardsummedup“noinmine，noinyoursnoaheaphrodiaum；noahecenreorhecollegewherecanhehavegoo？”

helmholzshruggedhisshouldersheyhadcomebackfromheirworkexpecingofindhesavagewaiingforhemaoneoroherofheusualmeeingpces，andherewasnosignofhefellowwhichwasa

oying，asheyhadmeanonipacrossobiarrizinhelmholz’sfourseaersporicoperhey’dbeefordi

erifhedidn’comesoon

“we’llgivehimfivemoreminues，”saidhelmholz“ifhedoesn’urnupbyhen，we’ll…”

heringingofheelephonebellinerrupedhimhepickeduphereceiver“hullospeaking”hen，aferalonginervaloflisening，“fordinflivver！”heswore“i’llcomeaonce”

“whaisi？”bernardasked

“afellowiknowaheparknehospial，”saidhelmholz“hesavageishereseemsohavegonemadanyhow，i’surgenwillyoucomewihme？”

ogeherheyhurriedalonghecorridorohelifs

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