Lenina enters the crowded lift and finds Bernard Marx standing in the back. She tells him she wants to talk about their New Mexico plan, but Bernard flushes and asks if they should not talk about it somewhere else. Lenina is a little astonished, but she's also touched by her effect on him, and when the lift comes to the roof, she tells him Henry is waiting for her, but to let her know about the date.
Henry is waiting in the cockpit of his helicopter when Lenina arrives. She climbs in and they shoot into the air. Beneath them, Central London is filled with Centrifugal Bumble-puppy towers, Riemann-surface tennis courts, Escalator Fives Courts and Ealing stadium, where a Delta gymnastic display and community sing is in progress. An army of laborers is busy.....
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