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hesankhisvoice,likesomeonewhoisobligedformedicalreasonstoutteranobscenity。
「『downwithbigbrother!』yes,isaidthat!saiditoverandoveragain,itseems。betweenyouandme,oldman,i』mgladtheygotmebeforeitwentanyfurther。doyouknowwhati』mgoingtosaytothemwhenigoupbeforethetribunal?『thankyou,』i』mgoingtosay,『thankyouforsavingmebeforeitwastoolate。』」
「whodenouncedyou?」saidwinston。
「itwasmylittledaughter,」saidparsonswithasortofdolefulpride。'shelistenedatthekeyhole。heardwhatiwassaying,andnippedofftothepatrolstheverynextday。prettysmartforanipperofseven,eh?idon』tbearheranygrudgeforit。infacti』mproudofher。itshowsibroughtherupintherightspirit,anyway。」
hemadeafewmorejerkymovementsupanddown,severaltimes,castingalongingglanceatthelavatorypan。thenhesuddenlyrippeddownhisshorts。
「excuseme,oldman,」hesaid。「ican』thelpit。it』sthewaiting。」
heplumpedhislargeposteriorintothelavatorypan。winstoncoveredhisfacewithhishands。
「smith!」yelledthevoicefromthetelescreen。「6079smithw。!uncoveryourface。nofacescoveredinthecells。」
winstonuncoveredhisface。parsonsusedthelavatory,loudlyandabundantly。itthenturnedoutthattheplugwasdefectiveandthecellstankabominablyforhoursafterwards。
parsonswasremoved。moreprisonerscameandwent,mysteriously。one,awoman,wasconsignedto「room101」,and,winstonnoticed,seemedtoshrivelandturnadifferentcolourwhensheheardthewords。atimecamewhen,ifithadbeenmorningwhenhewasbroughthere,itwouldbeafternoon;orifithadbeenafternoon,thenitwouldbemidnight。thereweresixprisonersinthecell,menandwomen。allsatverystill。oppositewinstontheresatamanwithachinless,toothyfaceexactlylikethatofsomelarge,harmlessrodent。hisfat,mottledcheeksweresopouchedatthebottomthatitwasdifficultnottobelievethathehadlittlestoresoffoodtuckedawaythere。hispale-greyeyesflittedtimorouslyfromfacetofaceandturnedquicklyawayagainwhenhecaughtanyone』seye。