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“youseenow,”saido’brien,“thatitisatanyratepossible。”
“yes,”saidwinston。
o’brienstoodupwithasatisfiedair。overtohisleftwinstonsawthemaninthewhitecoatbreakanampouleanddrawbacktheplungerofasyringe。o’brienturnedtowinstonwithasmile。inalmosttheoldmannerheresettledhisspectaclesonhisnose。
“doyourememberwritinginyourdiary,”hesaid,“thatitdidnotmatterwhetheriwasafriendoranenemy,sinceiwasatleastapersonwhounderstoodyouandcouldbetalkedto?youwereright。ienjoytalkingtoyou。yourmindappealstome。itresemblesmyownmindexceptthatyouhappentobeinsane。beforewebringthesessiontoanendyoucanaskmeafewquestions,ifyouchoose。”
“anyquestionilike?”
“anything。”hesawthatwinston’seyeswereuponthedial。“itisswitchedoff。whatisyourfirstquestion?”
“whathaveyoudonewithjulia?”saidwinston。
o’briensmiledagain。“shebetrayedyou,winston。immediately-unreservedly。ihaveseldomseenanyonecomeovertoussopromptly。youwouldhardlyrecognizeherifyousawher。allherrebelliousness,herdeceit,herfolly,herdirty-mindedness—everythinghasbeenburnedoutofher。itwasaperfectconversion,atextbookcase。”
“youtorturedher?”
o’brienleftthisunanswered。“nextquestion,”hesaid。
“doesbigbrotherexist?”
“ofcourseheexists。thepartyexists。bigbrotheristheembodimentoftheparty。”
“doesheexistinthesamewayasiexist?”