194.英文正文（194）

thebootswereapproachingagain。thedooropened。o’briencamein。

winstonstartedtohisfeet。theshockofthesighthaddrivenallcautionoutofhim。forthefirsttimeinmanyyearsheforgotthepresenceofthetelescreen。

“they’vegotyoutoo！”hecried。

“theygotmealongtimeago，”saido’brienwithamild，almostregretfulirony。hesteppedaside。frombehindhimthereemergedabroad-chestedguardwithalongblacktruncheoninhishand。

“youknowhim，winston，”saido’brien。“don’tdeceiveyourself。youdidknowit—youhavealwaysknownit。”

yes，hesawnow，hehadalwaysknownit。buttherewasnotimetothinkofthat。allhehadeyesforwasthetruncheonintheguard’shand。itmightfallanywhere；onthecrown，onthetipoftheear，ontheupperarm，ontheelbow-

theelbow！hehadslumpedtohisknees，almostparalysed，claspingthestrickenelbowwithhisotherhand。everythinghadexplodedintoyellowlight。inconceivable，inconceivablethatoneblowcouldcausesuchpain！thelightclearedandhecouldseetheothertwolookingdownathim。theguardwaslaughingathiscontortions。onequestionatanyratewasanswered。never，foranyreasononearth，couldyouwishforanincreaseofpain。ofpainyoucouldwishonlyonething：thatitshouldstop。nothingintheworldwassobadasphysicalpain。inthefaceofpaintherearenoheroes，noheroes，hethoughtoverandoverashewrithedonthefloor，clutchinguselesslyathisdisabledleftarm。