"'As far back as I can remember.' John frowned. There was a long silence." Page 123
John relives his whole childhood, starting from when he was a very young boy. Huxley fills this flashback with mostly bad memories. Memories filled with loneliness and solitary times. However this is exactly what Bernard likes to hear. He finally feels a connection. Huxley perhaps put these painful plashbacks in to show the link between the two worlds, savage and civilized. He bridged two seemingly entirely different characters. Furthermore, this connection already began evolving into a new turn in the plot.
Good point that Bernard is almost happy to hear John's painful memories, because he now feels a bond with him.
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