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“getup,”saido’brien。***“comehere。”
winstonstoodoppositehim。o’brientookwinston’sshouldersbetweenhisstronghandsandlookedathimclosely。
“youhavehadthoughtsofdeceivingme,”hesaid。“thatwasstupid。standupstraighter。lookmeintheface。”
hepaused,andwentoninagentlertone:
“youareimproving。intellectuallythereisverylittlewrongwithyou。itisonlyemotionallythatyouhavefailedtomakeprogress。tellme,winston—andremember,nolies:youknowthatiamalwaysabletodetectalie—tellme,whatareyourtruefeelingstowardsbigbrother?”
“ihatehim。”
“youhatehim。good。thenthetimehascomeforyoutotakethelaststep。youmustlovebigbrother。itisnotenoughtoobeyhim:youmustlovehim。”
hereleasedwinstonwithalittlepushtowardstheguards。
“room101,”hesaid。
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ateachstageofhisimprisonmenthehadknown,orseemedtoknow,whereaboutshewasinthewindowlessbuilding。possiblytherewereslightdifferencesintheairpressure。thecellswheretheguardshadbeatenhimwerebelowgroundlevel。theroomwherehehadbeeninterrogatedbyo’brienwashighupneartheroof。thisplacewasmanymetresunderground,asdeepdownasitwaspossibletogo。
itwasbiggerthanmostofthecellshehadbeenin。buthehardlynoticedhissurroundings。allhenoticedwasthatthereweretwosmalltablesstraightinfrontofhim,eachcoveredwithgreenbaize。onewasonlyametreortwofromhim,theotherwasfurtheraway,nearthedoor。hewasstrappeduprightinachair,sotightlythathecouldmovenothing,notevenhishead。asortofpadgrippedhisheadfrombehind,forcinghimtolookstraightinfrontofhim。