212.英文正文（212）

“youseenow，”saido’brien，“thatitisatanyratepossible。”

“yes，”saidwinston。

o’brienstoodupwithasatisfiedair。overtohisleftwinstonsawthemaninthewhitecoatbreakanampouleanddrawbacktheplungerofasyringe。o’brienturnedtowinstonwithasmile。inalmosttheoldmannerheresettledhisspectaclesonhisnose。

“doyourememberwritinginyourdiary，”hesaid，“thatitdidnotmatterwhetheriwasafriendoranenemy，sinceiwasatleastapersonwhounderstoodyouandcouldbetalkedto？youwereright。ienjoytalkingtoyou。yourmindappealstome。itresemblesmyownmindexceptthatyouhappentobeinsane。beforewebringthesessiontoanendyoucanaskmeafewquestions，ifyouchoose。”

“anyquestionilike？”

“anything。”hesawthatwinston’seyeswereuponthedial。“itisswitchedoff。whatisyourfirstquestion？”

“whathaveyoudonewithjulia？”saidwinston。

o’briensmiledagain。“shebetrayedyou，winston。immediately-unreservedly。ihaveseldomseenanyonecomeovertoussopromptly。youwouldhardlyrecognizeherifyousawher。allherrebelliousness，herdeceit，herfolly，herdirty-mindedness—everythinghasbeenburnedoutofher。itwasaperfectconversion，atextbookcase。”

“youtorturedher？”

o’brienleftthisunanswered。“nextquestion，”hesaid。

“doesbigbrotherexist？”

“ofcourseheexists。thepartyexists。bigbrotheristheembodimentoftheparty。”

“doesheexistinthesamewayasiexist？”