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thetwosturdyguardshadstoopedtotakehimbythearms。***butjustatthismomentheflunghimselfacrossthefloorofthecellandgrabbedoneoftheironlegsthatsupportedthebench。hehadsetupawordlesshowling，likeananimal。theguardstookholdofhimtowrenchhimloose，butheclungonwithastonishingstrength。forperhapstwentysecondstheywerehaulingathim。theprisonerssatquiet，theirhandscrossedontheirknees，lookingstraightinfrontofthem。thehowlingstopped；themanhadnobreathleftforanythingexcepthangingon。thentherewasadifferentkindofcry。akickfromaguard’sboothadbrokenthefingersofoneofhishands。theydraggedhimtohisfeet。

“room101，”saidtheofficer。

themanwasledout，walkingunsteadily，withheadsunken，nursinghiscrushedhand，allthefighthadgoneoutofhim。

alongtimepassed。ifithadbeenmidnightwhentheskull-facedmanwastakenaway，itwasmorning：ifmorning，itwasafternoon。winstonwasalone，andhadbeenaloneforhours。thepainofsittingonthenarrowbenchwassuchthatoftenhegotupandwalkedabout，unreprovedbythetelescreen。thepieceofbreadstilllaywherethechinlessmanhaddroppedit。atthebeginningitneededahardeffortnottolookatit，butpresentlyhungergavewaytothirst。hismouthwasstickyandevil-tasting。thehummingsoundandtheunvaryingwhitelightinducedasortoffaintness，anemptyfeelinginsidehishead。hewouldgetupbecausetheacheinhisboneswasnolongerbearable，andthenwouldsitdownagainalmostatoncebecausehewastoodizzytomakesureofstayingonhisfeet。wheneverhisphysicalsensationswerealittleundercontroltheterrorreturned。sometimeswithafadinghopehethoughtofo’brienandtherazorblade。itwasthinkablethattherazorblademightarriveconcealedinhisfood，ifhewereeverfed。moredimlyhethoughtofjulia。somewhereorothershewassufferingperhapsfarworsethanhe。shemightbescreamingwithpainatthismoment。hethought：“ificouldsavejuliabydoublingmyownpain，wouldidoit？yes，iwould。”butthatwasmerelyanintellectualdecision，takenbecauseheknewthatheoughttotakeit。hedidnotfeelit。inthisplaceyoucouldnotfeelanything，exceptpainandforeknowledgeofpain。besides，wasitpossible，whenyouwereactuallysufferingit，towishforanyreasonthatyourownpainshouldincrease？butthatquestionwasnotanswerableyet。