177.英文正文（177）

“doyouremember，”hesaid，“thethrushthatsangtous，thatfirstday，attheedgeofthewood？”

“hewasn’tsingingtous，”saidjulia。***“hewassingingtopleasehimself。noteventhat。hewasjustsinging。”

thebirdssang，theprolessang。thepartydidnotsing。allroundtheworld，inlondonandnewyork，inafricaandbrazil，andinthemysterious，forbiddenlandsbeyondthefrontiers，inthestreetsofparisandberlin，inthevillagesoftheendlessrussianplain，inthebazaarsofchinaandjapan—everywherestoodthesamesolidunconquerablefigure，mademonstrousbyworkandchildbearing，toilingfrombirthtodeathandstillsinging。outofthosemightyloinsaraceofconsciousbeingsmustonedaycome。youwerethedead，theirswasthefuture。butyoucouldshareinthatfutureifyoukeptalivethemindastheykeptalivethebody，andpassedonthesecretdoctrinethattwoplustwomakefour。

“wearethedead，”hesaid。

“wearethedead，”echoedjuliadutifully。

“youarethedead，”saidanironvoicebehindthem。theysprangapart。winston’sentrailsseemedtohaveturnedintoice。hecouldseethewhiteallroundtheirisesofjulia’seyes。herfacehadturnedamilkyyellow。thesmearofrougethatwasstilloneachcheekbonestoodoutsharply，almostasthoughunconnectedwiththeskinbeneath。

“youarethedead，”repeatedtheironvoice。

“itwasbehindthepicture，”breathedjulia。

“itwasbehindthepicture，”saidthevoice。'remainexactlywhereyouare。makenomovementuntilyouareordered。'