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2
H
ALTING
for
a
moment
outside
the
door
of
the
Director
’
s
room
,
Bernard
drew
a
deep
breath
and
squared
his
shoulders
,
bracing
himself
to
meet
the
dislike
and
disapproval
which
he
was
certain
of
finding
within
.
He
knocked
and
entered
.
"
A
permit
for
you
to
initial
,
Director
,
"
he
said
as
airily
as
possible
,
and
laid
the
paper
on
the
writing
-
table
.
The
Director
glanced
at
him
sourly
.
But
the
stamp
of
the
World
Controller
’
s
Office
was
at
the
head
of
the
paper
and
the
signature
of
Mustapha
Mond
,
bold
and
black
,
across
the
bottom
.
Everything
was
perfectly
in
order
.
The
director
had
no
choice
.
He
pencilled
his
initials
–
two
small
pale
letters
abject
at
the
feet
of
Mustapha
Mond
–
and
was
about
to
return
the
paper
without
a
word
of
comment
or
genial
Ford
-
speed
,
when
his
eye
was
caught
by
something
written
in
the
body
of
the
permit
.
"
For
the
New
Mexican
Reservation
?
"
he
said
,
and
his
tone
,
the
face
he
lifted
to
Bernard
,
expressed
a
kind
of
agitated
astonishment
.
Surprised
by
his
surprise
,
Bernard
nodded
.
There
was
a
silence
.
The
Director
leaned
back
in
his
chair
,
frowning
.
"
How
long
ago
was
it
?
"
he
said
,
speaking
more
to
himself
than
to
Bernard
.
"
Twenty
years
,
I
suppose
.
Nearer
twenty
-
five
.
I
must
have
been
your
age
.
.
.
"
He
sighed
and
shook
his
head
.
Bernard
felt
extremely
uncomfortable
.
A
man
so
conventional
,
so
scrupulously
correct
as
the
Director
–
and
to
commit
so
gross
a
solecism
!
lt
made
him
want
to
hide
his
face
,
to
run
out
of
the
room
.
Not
that
he
himself
saw
anything
intrinsically
objectionable
in
people
talking
about
the
remote
past
;
that
was
one
of
those
hypnopædic
prejudices
he
had
(
so
he
imagined
)
completely
got
rid
of
.
What
made
him
feel
shy
was
the
knowledge
that
the
Director
disapproved
–
disapproved
and
yet
had
been
betrayed
into
doing
the
forbidden
thing
.
Under
what
inward
compulsion
?
Through
his
discomfort
Bernard
eagerly
listened
.
"
I
had
the
same
idea
as
you
,
"
the
Director
was
saying
.
"
Wanted
to
have
a
look
at
the
savages
.
Got
a
permit
for
New
Mexico
and
went
there
for
my
summer
holiday
.
With
the
girl
I
was
having
at
the
moment
.
She
was
a
Beta
-
Minus
,
and
I
think
"
(
he
shut
his
eyes
)
,
"
I
think
she
had
yellow
hair
.
