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therewerealsomemoriesofanotherkind。***theystoodoutinhisminddisconnectedly,likepictureswithblacknessallroundthem。
hewasinacellwhichmighthavebeeneitherdarkorlight,becausehecouldseenothingexceptapairofeyes。nearathandsomekindofinstrumentwastickingslowlyandregularly。theeyesgrewlargerandmoreluminous。suddenlyhefloatedoutofhisseat,divedintotheeyes,andwasswallowedup。
hewasstrappedintoachairsurroundedbydials,underdazzlinglights。amaninawhitecoatwasreadingthedials。therewasatrampofheavybootsoutside。thedoorclangedopen。thewaxed-facedofficermarchedin,followedbytwoguards。
“room101,”saidtheofficer。
themaninthewhitecoatdidnotturnround。hedidnotlookatwinstoneither;hewaslookingonlyatthedials。hewasrollingdownamightycorridor,akilometrewide,fullofglorious,goldenlight,roaringwithlaughterandshoutingoutconfessionsatthetopofhisvoice。hewasconfessingeverything,eventhethingshehadsucceededinholdingbackunderthetorture。hewasrelatingtheentirehistoryofhislifetoanaudiencewhoknewitalready。withhimweretheguards,theotherquestioners,themeninwhitecoats,o’brien,julia,mrcharrington,allrollingdownthecorridortogetherandshoutingwithlaughter。somedreadfulthingwhichhadlainembeddedinthefuturehadsomehowbeenskippedoverandhadnothappened。everythingwasallright,therewasnomorepain,thelastdetailofhislifewaslaidbare,understood,forgiven。