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"How many goodly creatures are there here!" The singing words mocked him derisively.
“這兒有多少美好的生靈！一”那歌聲嘲弄著他。
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world …
人類是多么美麗！啊，美妙的新世界……
"Soma distribution!" shouted a loud voice. "In good order, please. Hurry up there."
“領唆麻了，”一個聲音高叫，“排好隊。那邊的人，快一點。”
A door had been opened, a table and chair carried into the vestibule.
剛才有一道門已經打開，一套桌椅已經搬到走廊上。
The voice was that of a jaunty young Alpha, who had entered carrying a black iron cash-box.
說話的是一個神氣的年輕阿爾法。他已經捧著一個黑鐵的錢箱走了進來。
A murmur of satisfaction went up from the expectant twins. They forgot all about the Savage.
多生子們懷著欲望，發出一陣滿意的呢喃，把野蠻人全忘了。
Their attention was now focused on the black cash-box, which the young man had placed on the table, and was now in process of unlocking.
現在他們的注意力集中到了那黑鐵錢箱上。年輕人已把錢箱放在桌上，正在打開。
The lid was lifted.
箱蓋揭開了。
"Oo-oh!" said all the hundred and sixty-two simultaneously, as though they were looking at fireworks.
“嗚——哇！”一百六十二個人同聲叫了起來，像是在看焰火。
The young man took out a handful of tiny pill-boxes.
年輕人取出一把小藥盒，
"Now," he said peremptorily,"step forward, please. One at a time, and no shoving."
“現在，”他專斷地說，“請走上來。一次一個，不要擠。”
One at a time, with no shoving, the twins stepped forward.
多生子挨次走了上去，沒有擁擠。
First two males, then a female, then another male, then three females, then …
先是兩個男性，然后是一個女性，再是一個男性，三個女性，然后……
The Savage stood looking on. "O brave new world, O brave new world …" In his mind the singing words seemed to change their tone.
野蠻人站在那兒望著。“啊，美妙的新世界……”他心里的歌似乎改變了調子。
They had mocked him through his misery and remorse, mocked him with how hideous a note of cynical derision!
在他的痛苦和悔恨的時刻，那歌詞以多么惡毒的訕笑嘲弄著他！
Fiendishly laughing, they had insisted on the low squalor, the nauseous ugliness of the nightmare.
它像魔鬼一樣大笑，讓那噩夢似的骯臟與令人作嘔的丑陋繼續折磨著他。
Now, suddenly, they trumpeted a call to arms. "O brave new world!"
到了此時，那歌詞突然變成了召喚他拿起武器的號角。“啊，美妙的新世界！”
