
tells Bernard about the young woman he took on his trip and how she disappeared mysteriously during their stay on the Reservation.Įmbarrassed by his emotional reverie, the D.H.C.

In the middle section of the chapter, Bernard submits his travel permit to the D.H.C., who remembers his own holiday many years earlier to the Savage Reservation. Bernard wants an adult - and emotional - relationship with Lenina, not just the mindless sex that consummates their first date. In a flashback to their first date, Lenina and Bernard quarrel when he hovers their helicopter over the English Channel so that they can observe the power of Nature.


As this chapter opens, Lenina worries about Bernard's eccentric desire for privacy and his tendency to question basic social assumptions.
