a few questions for Ien. "Aldous Huxley's
'Brave New World' was not like '1984' by
George Orwell, picturing a vision of the
future." Ien stated. "Rather, it was a bold
attempt to come up with a solution for the
population growth and aggression of humanity.
Namely to regulate this at the source:
the reproductive and endocrine systems."
Later she would read somewhere that '1984'
was describing no future but historic
Big Brother state: Stalin's USSR in 1948.
Glimmerveen had not at all appreciated
this opinion. "You'd better stick to
'Treasure Island' and 'Animal Farm',
your figures aren't that overwhelming.
Not to mention your pronunciation."
Ien's pronunciation was strongly colored by
Tony's dialect: Lancashire hotchpotch.
Never he had criticized her like that.
"The man is really touchy, I'd better keep
my mouth shut." She thought. Yet quietly
she hummed: "Fifteen men on a dead
man's chest ... yohoho and a bottle of rum."
