214.英文正文（214）

“whatisinroom101？”

theexpressionono’brien’sfacedidnotchange。heanswereddrily：

“youknowwhatisinroom101，winston。everyoneknowswhatisinroom101。”

heraisedafingertothemaninthewhitecoat。evidentlythesessionwasatanend。aneedlejerkedintowinston’sarm。hesankalmostinstantlyintodeepsleep。

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“therearethreestagesinyourreintegration，”saido’brien。“thereislearning，thereisunderstanding，andthereisacceptance。itistimeforyoutoenteruponthesecondstage。”

asalways，winstonwaslyingflatonhisback。butoflatehisbondswerelooser。theystillheldhimtothebed，buthecouldmovehiskneesalittleandcouldturnhisheadfromsidetosideandraisehisarmsfromtheelbow。thedial，also，hadgrowntobelessofaterror。hecouldevadeitspangsifhewasquick-wittedenough：itwaschieflywhenheshowedstupiditythato’brienpulledthelever。sometimestheygotthroughawholesessionwithoutuseofthedial。hecouldnotrememberhowmanysessionstherehadbeen。thewholeprocessseemedtostretchoutoveralong，indefinitetime—weeks，possibly—andtheintervalsbetweenthesessionsmightsometimeshavebeendays，sometimesonlyanhourortwo。

“asyouliethere，”saido’brien，“youhaveoftenwonderedyouhaveevenaskedme—whytheministryofloveshouldexpendsomuchtimeandtroubleonyou。andwhenyouwerefreeyouwerepuzzledbywhatwasessentiallythesamequestion。youcouldgraspthemechanicsofthesocietyyoulivedin，butnotitsunderlyingmotives。doyourememberwritinginyourdiary，‘iunderstandhow：idonotunderstandwhy’？itwaswhenyouthoughtabout‘why’thatyoudoubtedyourownsanity。youhavereadthebook，goldstein’sbook，orpartsofit，atleast。didittellyouanythingthatyoudidnotknowalready？”