This passage comes from the ending moments of a date night between Lenina and Henry. The passage also holds references to many key aspects of the novel. For example, the author mentions Henry’s room on the 28th floor. This shows stark contrast for the conversation he and Lenina had about whether or not the deltas and gammas could be happy on the way to their date. They eventually decided that’s what they were conditioned to know and love, so they are in fact happy. But right after that, the author mentions the ‘barracks’ where the lower caste resides in the metropolis, much different from the sprawling forty-floor apartment housing for Henry. Henry and Lenina decide it is fine, because the deltas and epsilons have been conditioned for the
