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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!」