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She tells him that is what Our Ford loves about them. He feels that while they act as adults at work, they act as infants emotionally. Bernard wants to experience strong feelings passion on his own without using soma.

She is taken aback, that is how all dates were supposed to end. Bernard tell Lenina he wishes that they had not gone to bed together. This is because all she discusses with him is how pneumatic, or physically well rounded, she is. He lies and tells her that she is perfect, all the while thinking that she thinks of herself as a piece of meat. The next day Lenina asks him if he enjoyed their night together. He takes her back to his apartment and in an effort to be more relaxed he takes four soma. Bernard tells her that he thought that being there would bring them closer together. We can't do without anyone." Bernard tells her he does not want to be at the command of his conditioning. She repeats the mantra that has been driven into her brain, her whole being, "every one works for everyone else. She cannot possibly understand how someone does not want to be part of the social body. He wants Lenina to share these feelings but, she can't. Bernard feels that the reality makes him feel as if he is more himself. These sentiments are totally alien to Lenina. Bernard turns the radio off explaining he would prefer to have peace and quiet while viewing the water. To distract herself and Bernard from the bleak scene she turns on the radio. On the way back home Bernard hovers his helicopter over the waves of the Channel. He felt that being himself was more important than being in an artificial state of happiness. But Bernard was unhappy, he would not eat the ice-cream soma instead he preferred to stay in a bad mood. She did eventually get him to go out among people. To her the only reason to go out was to be among other people and later have a sexual encounter. Lenina was dumbfounded, what was time for if not to waste. He felt the other activities were a waste of time. Bernard wanted for a walk in the Lake District. On their first date she wanted to go for a swim and then have dinner. Only a few people are allowed to go there and Bernard was one of them.īernard's need for privacy unsettles Lenina. She is rethinking her decision to go with Bernard to New Mexico, but there is a sense of specialness in going to the Savage Reservation. Instead of wanting to be around other people all he seems to crave is isolation and privacy. Lenina is beginning to think that Fanny is right. Fanny suggested to Lenina that someone might have put alcohol into Bernard's blood-surrogate.