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o’brienstoppedhimwithamovementofthehand。***
“anotherexample,”hesaid。“someyearsagoyouhadaveryseriousdelusionindeed。youbelievedthatthreemen,threeonetimepartymembersnamedjones,aaronson,andrutherfordmenwhowereexecutedfortreacheryandsabotageaftermakingthefullestpossibleconfession—werenotguiltyofthecrimestheywerechargedwith。youbelievedthatyouhadseenunmistakabledocumentaryevidenceprovingthattheirconfessionswerefalse。therewasacertainphotographaboutwhichyouhadahallucination。youbelievedthatyouhadactuallyhelditinyourhands。itwasaphotographsomethinglikethis。”
anoblongslipofnewspaperhadappearedbetweeno’brien’sfingers。forperhapsfivesecondsitwaswithintheangleofwinston’svision。itwasaphotograph,andtherewasnoquestionofitsidentity。itwasthephotograph。itwasanothercopyofthephotographofjones,aaronson,andrutherfordatthepartyfunctioninnewyork,whichhehadchanceduponelevenyearsagoandpromptlydestroyed。foronlyaninstantitwasbeforehiseyes,thenitwasoutofsightagain。buthehadseenit,unquestionablyhehadseenit!hemadeadesperate,agonizingefforttowrenchthetophalfofhisbodyfree。itwasimpossibletomovesomuchasacentimetreinanydirection。forthemomenthehadevenforgottenthedial。allhewantedwastoholdthephotographinhisfingersagain,oratleasttoseeit。
“itexists!”hecried。
“no,”saido’brien。