“andwhaonearhvacuumcleanershavegoodowihlions…”

“oshowhowmuch…”

“orlionswihbeinggdoseeme…”shewasgeingmoreandmoreexasperaed

“howmuchiloveyou，lenina，”hebroughoualmosdesperaely

anemblemofhei

erideofsarledeion，hebloodrushedupinolenina’scheeks“doyoumeani，john？”

“buihadn’meanosayso，”criedhesavage，cspinghishandsinakindofagony“nounil…lisen，lenina；inmalpaispeoplegemarried”

“gewha？”heirriaionhadbegunocreepbackinohervoicewhawashealkingabounow？

“foralwaysheymakeapromiseoliveogeherforalways”

“whaahorribleidea！”leninawasgenuinelyshocked

“oulivingbeauy’souwardwihamindhaclohrenewswiferhanblooddecays”

“wha？”

“i’slikehainshakespeareoo‘ifhoucosbreakhervirginknobeforeallsancimoniousceremoniesmaywihfullandholyrie…’”

“forford’ssake，john，alksenseican’undersandawordyousayfirsi’svacuumcleaners；heni’sknosyou’redrivingmecrazy”shejumpedupand，ashoughafraidhahemighrunawayfromherphysically，aswellaswihhismind，caughhimbyhewris“answermehisquesion：doyoureallylikeme，ordon’you？”

herewasamomen’ssilence；hen，inaverylowvoice，“iloveyoumorehananyhinginheworld，”hesaid

“henwhyonearhdidn’yousayso？”shecried，andsoinensewasherexasperaionhashedrovehersharpnailsinoheskinofhiswris“inseadofdrivellingawayabouknosandvacuumcleanersandlions，andmakingmemiserableforweeksandweeks”

shereleasedhishandandflungiangrilyawayfromher

“ifididn’likeyousomuch，”shesaid，“i’dbefuriouswihyou”

andsuddenlyherarmswereroundhisneck；hefelherlipssofagainshisownsodeliciouslysof，sowarmandelecrichaineviablyhefoundhimselfhinkingofheembracesinhreeweeksinahelicoperooh！ooh！hesereoscopicblondeandanh！hemorehanrealbckamoorhorror，horror，horror…hefiredodisengagehimself；buleninaighenedherembrace

“whydidn’yousayso？”shewhispered，drawingbackherfaceolookahimhereyeswereenderlyreproachful

“hemurkiesden，hemosopporunepce”（hevoiceofconsciencehunderedpoeically），“hesrongessuggesionourworsergeniuscan，shallnevermelminehonourinolusnever，never！”heresolved

“yousillyboy！”shewassaying“iwanedyousomuchandifyouwanedmeoo，whydidn’you？…”

“bu，lenina…”hebeganproesing；andassheimmediaelyunwinedherarms，assheseppedawayfromhim，hehough，foramomen，hashehadakenhisunspokenhinbuwhensheunbuckledherwhiepaencarridgebelandhungicarefullyoverhebackofachair，hebeganosuspechahehadbeenmisaken

“lenina！”herepeaedapprehensively

shepuherhandoherneckandgavealongvericalpull；herwhiesailor’sblousewasrippedohehem；suspicioncondensedinoaoo，oosolidcerainy“lenina，whaareyoudoing？”

zip，zip！heranswerwaswordlesssheseppedouofherbellboomedrousersherzippicamiknickswereapaleshellpinkhearchcommuniysongser’sgoldendangledaherbreas

“forhosemilkpapshahroughhewindowbarsboreamen’seyes”hesinging，hundering，magicalwordsmadeherseemdoublydangerous，doublyalluringsof，sof，buhowpiercing！boringanddrillinginoreason，u

ellinghroughresoluion“hesrongesoahsaresrawohefirei’hebloodbemoreabsemious，orelse…”

zip！heroundedpinknessfellaparlikeanealydividedappleawriggleofhearms，alifingfirsofherighfoo，henhelef：hezippicamiknickswerelyinglifelessandashoughdefedonhefloor

sillwearinghershoesandsocks，andherrakishlyiledroundwhiecap，sheadvancedowardshim“darlingdarling！ifonlyyou’dsaidsobefore！”sheheldouherarms

buinseadofalsosaying“darling！”andholdingouhisarms，hesavagerereaedinerror，fppinghishandsaherashoughhewereryingoscareawaysomeinrudinganddangerousanimalfourbackwardsseps，andhewasbroughobayagainshewall

“swee！”saidleninaand，yingherhandsonhisshoulders，pressedherselfagainshim“puyourarmsroundme，”shecommanded“hugmeillyoudrugme，honey”sheoohadpoeryahercommand，knewwordshasangandwerespellsandbeadrums“kissme”；sheclosedhereyes，shelehervoicesinkoasleepymurmur，“kissmeilli’minacomahugme，honey，snuggly…”

hesavagecaughherbyhewriss，oreherhandsfromhisshoulders，hrusherroughlyawayaarm’slengh