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“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。'