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“getup，”saido’brien。***“comehere。”

winstonstoodoppositehim。o’brientookwinston’sshouldersbetweenhisstronghandsandlookedathimclosely。

“youhavehadthoughtsofdeceivingme，”hesaid。“thatwasstupid。standupstraighter。lookmeintheface。”

hepaused，andwentoninagentlertone：

“youareimproving。intellectuallythereisverylittlewrongwithyou。itisonlyemotionallythatyouhavefailedtomakeprogress。tellme，winston—andremember，nolies：youknowthatiamalwaysabletodetectalie—tellme，whatareyourtruefeelingstowardsbigbrother？”

“ihatehim。”

“youhatehim。good。thenthetimehascomeforyoutotakethelaststep。youmustlovebigbrother。itisnotenoughtoobeyhim：youmustlovehim。”

hereleasedwinstonwithalittlepushtowardstheguards。

“room101，”hesaid。

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ateachstageofhisimprisonmenthehadknown，orseemedtoknow，whereaboutshewasinthewindowlessbuilding。possiblytherewereslightdifferencesintheairpressure。thecellswheretheguardshadbeatenhimwerebelowgroundlevel。theroomwherehehadbeeninterrogatedbyo’brienwashighupneartheroof。thisplacewasmanymetresunderground，asdeepdownasitwaspossibletogo。

itwasbiggerthanmostofthecellshehadbeenin。buthehardlynoticedhissurroundings。allhenoticedwasthatthereweretwosmalltablesstraightinfrontofhim，eachcoveredwithgreenbaize。onewasonlyametreortwofromhim，theotherwasfurtheraway，nearthedoor。hewasstrappeduprightinachair，sotightlythathecouldmovenothing，notevenhishead。asortofpadgrippedhisheadfrombehind，forcinghimtolookstraightinfrontofhim。