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hesteppedacrosstheroom。therewasamemoryholeintheoppositewall。o’brienliftedthegrating。unseen，thefrailslipofpaperwaswhirlingawayonthecurrentofwarmair；itwasvanishinginaflashofflame。o'brienturnedawayfromthewall。

“ashes，”hesaid。“notevenidentifiableashes。dust。itdoesnotexist。itneverexisted。”

“butitdidexist！itdoesexist！itexistsinmemory。irememberit。yourememberit。”

“idonotrememberit，”saido’brien。

winston’sheartsank。thatwasdoublethink。hehadafeelingofdeadlyhelplessness。ifhecouldhavebeencertainthato’brienwaslying，itwouldnothaveseemedtomatter。butitwasperfectlypossiblethato'brienhadreallyforgottenthephotograph。andifso，thenalreadyhewouldhaveforgottenhisdenialofrememberingit，andforgottentheactofforgetting。howcouldonebesurethatitwassimpletrickery？perhapsthatlunaticdislocationinthemindcouldreallyhappen：thatwasthethoughtthatdefeatedhim。

o’brienwaslookingdownathimspeculatively。morethaneverhehadtheairofateachertakingpainswithawaywardbutpromisingchild。

“thereisapartyslogandealingwiththecontrolofthepast，”hesaid。“repeatit，ifyouplease。”

“whocontrolsthepastcontrolsthefuture：whocontrolsthepresentcontrolsthepast，”repeatedwinstonobediently。“whocontrolsthepresentcontrolsthepast，”saido’brien，noddinghisheadwithslowapproval。“isityouropinion，winston，thatthepasthasrealexistence？”