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hesankhisvoice,likesomeonewhoisobligedformedicalreasonstoutteranobscenity。
“‘downwithbigbrother!’yes,isaidthat!saiditoverandoveragain,itseems。betweenyouandme,oldman,i’mgladtheygotmebeforeitwentanyfurther。doyouknowwhati’mgoingtosaytothemwhenigoupbeforethetribunal?‘thankyou,’i’mgoingtosay,‘thankyouforsavingmebeforeitwastoolate。’”
“whodenouncedyou?”saidwinston。
“itwasmylittledaughter,”saidparsonswithasortofdolefulpride。'shelistenedatthekeyhole。heardwhatiwassaying,andnippedofftothepatrolstheverynextday。prettysmartforanipperofseven,eh?idon’tbearheranygrudgeforit。infacti’mproudofher。itshowsibroughtherupintherightspirit,anyway。”
hemadeafewmorejerkymovementsupanddown,severaltimes,castingalongingglanceatthelavatorypan。thenhesuddenlyrippeddownhisshorts。
“excuseme,oldman,”hesaid。“ican’thelpit。it’sthewaiting。”
heplumpedhislargeposteriorintothelavatorypan。winstoncoveredhisfacewithhishands。
“smith!”yelledthevoicefromthetelescreen。“6079smithw。!uncoveryourface。nofacescoveredinthecells。”
winstonuncoveredhisface。parsonsusedthelavatory,loudlyandabundantly。itthenturnedoutthattheplugwasdefectiveandthecellstankabominablyforhoursafterwards。
parsonswasremoved。moreprisonerscameandwent,mysteriously。one,awoman,wasconsignedto“room101”,and,winstonnoticed,seemedtoshrivelandturnadifferentcolourwhensheheardthewords。atimecamewhen,ifithadbeenmorningwhenhewasbroughthere,itwouldbeafternoon;orifithadbeenafternoon,thenitwouldbemidnight。thereweresixprisonersinthecell,menandwomen。allsatverystill。oppositewinstontheresatamanwithachinless,toothyfaceexactlylikethatofsomelarge,harmlessrodent。hisfat,mottledcheeksweresopouchedatthebottomthatitwasdifficultnottobelievethathehadlittlestoresoffoodtuckedawaythere。hispale-greyeyesflittedtimorouslyfromfacetofaceandturnedquicklyawayagainwhenhecaughtanyone’seye。