192.英文正文（192）

thedooropened。***withasmallgesturetheofficerindicatedtheskull-facedman。

「room101，」hesaid。

therewasagaspandaflurryatwinston』sside。themanhadactuallyflunghimselfonhiskneesonthefloor，withhishandclaspedtogether。

「comrade！officer！」hecried。「youdon』thavetotakemetothatplace！haven』titoldyoueverythingalready？whatelseisityouwanttoknow？there』snothingiwouldn』tconfess，nothing！justtellmewhatitisandi』llconfessstraightoff。writeitdownandi』llsignit—anything！notroom101！」

「room101，」saidtheofficer。

theman』sface，alreadyverypale，turnedacolourwinstonwouldnothavebelievedpossible。itwasdefinitely，unmistakably，ashadeofgreen。

「doanythingtome！」heyelled。「you』vebeenstarvingmeforweeks。fini**offandletmedie。shootme。hangme。sentencemetotwenty-fiveyears。istheresomebodyelseyouwantmetogiveaway？justsaywhoitisandi』lltellyouanythingyouwant。idon』tcarewhoitisorwhatyoudotothem。i'vegotawifeandthreechildren。thebiggestofthemisn』tsixyearsold。youcantakethewholelotofthemandcuttheirthroatsinfrontofmyeyes，andi』llstandbyandwatchit。butnotroom101！」

「room101，」saidtheofficer。

themanlookedfranticallyroundattheotherprisoners，asthoughwithsomeideathathecouldputanothervictiminhisownplace。hiseyessettledonthesmashedfaceofthechinlessman。heflungoutaleanarm。

「that』stheoneyououghttobetaking，notme！」heshouted。「youdidn』thearwhathewassayingaftertheybashedhisface。givemeachanceandi』lltellyoueverywordofit。he』stheonethat』sagainsttheparty，notme。」theguardssteppedforward。theman』svoicerosetoashriek。「youdidn』thearhim！」herepeated。「somethingwentwrongwiththetelescreen。he』stheoneyouwant。takehim，notme！」