194.英文正文（194）

thebootswereapproachingagain。thedooropened。o』briencamein。

winstonstartedtohisfeet。theshockofthesighthaddrivenallcautionoutofhim。forthefirsttimeinmanyyearsheforgotthepresenceofthetelescreen。

「they』vegotyoutoo！」hecried。

「theygotmealongtimeago，」saido』brienwithamild，almostregretfulirony。hesteppedaside。frombehindhimthereemergedabroad-chestedguardwithalongblacktruncheoninhishand。

「youknowhim，winston，」saido』brien。「don』tdeceiveyourself。youdidknowit—youhavealwaysknownit。」

yes，hesawnow，hehadalwaysknownit。buttherewasnotimetothinkofthat。allhehadeyesforwasthetruncheonintheguard』shand。itmightfallanywhere；onthecrown，onthetipoftheear，ontheupperarm，ontheelbow-

theelbow！hehadslumpedtohisknees，almostparalysed，claspingthestrickenelbowwithhisotherhand。everythinghadexplodedintoyellowlight。inconceivable，inconceivablethatoneblowcouldcausesuchpain！thelightclearedandhecouldseetheothertwolookingdownathim。theguardwaslaughingathiscontortions。onequestionatanyratewasanswered。never，foranyreasononearth，couldyouwishforanincreaseofpain。ofpainyoucouldwishonlyonething：thatitshouldstop。nothingintheworldwassobadasphysicalpain。inthefaceofpaintherearenoheroes，noheroes，hethoughtoverandoverashewrithedonthefloor，clutchinguselesslyathisdisabledleftarm。