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“itwillnotlastforever，”hesaid。***“youcanescapefromitwheneveryouchoose。everythingdependsonyourself。”

“youdidit！”sobbedwinston。“youreducedmetothisstate。”

“no，winston，youreducedyourselftoit。thisiswhatyouacceptedwhenyousetyourselfupagainsttheparty。itwasallcontainedinthatfirstact。nothinghashappenedthatyoudidnotforesee。”

hepaused，andthenwenton：

“wehavebeatenyou，winston。wehavebrokenyouup。youhaveseenwhatyourbodyislike。yourmindisinthesamestate。idonotthinktherecanbemuchprideleftinyou。youhavebeenkickedandfloggedandinsulted，youhavescreamedwithpain，youhaverolledonthefloorinyourownbloodandvomit。youhavewhimperedformercy，youhavebetrayedeverybodyandeverything。canyouthinkofasingledegradationthathasnothappenedtoyou？”

winstonhadstoppedweeping，thoughthetearswerestilloozingoutofhiseyes。helookedupato’brien。

“ihavenotbetrayedjulia，”hesaid。

o’brienlookeddownathimthoughtfully。“no，”hesaid，“no，thatisperfectlytrue。youhavenotbetrayedjulia。”

thepeculiarreverenceforo’brien，whichnothingseemedabletodestroy，floodedwinston’sheartagain。howintelligent，hethought，howintelligent！neverdido’brienfailtounderstandwhatwassaidtohim。anyoneelseonearthwouldhaveansweredpromptlythathehadbetrayedjulia。forwhatwastherethattheyhadnotscrewedoutofhimunderthetorture？hehadtoldthemeverythingheknewabouther，herhabits，hercharacter，herpastlife；hehadconfessedinthemosttrivialdetaileverythingthathadhappenedattheirmeetings，allthathehadsaidtoherandshetohim，theirblack-marketmeals，theiradulteries，theirvagueplottingsagainsttheparty—everything。andyet，inthesenseinwhichheintendedtheword，hehadnotbetrayedher。hehadnotstoppedlovingher；hisfeelingstowardsherhadremainedthesame。o’brienhadseenwhathemeantwithouttheneedforexplanation。