198.英文正文（198）

hewasstartingupfromtheplankbedinthehalf-certaintythathehadheardo』brien』svoice。allthroughhisinterrogation，althoughhehadneverseenhim，hehadhadthefeelingthato』brienwasathiselbow，justoutofsight。itwaso』brienwhowasdirectingeverything。itwashewhosettheguardsontowinstonandwhopreventedthemfromkillinghim。itwashewhodecidedwhenwinstonshouldscreamwithpain，whenheshouldhavearespite，whenheshouldbefed，whenheshouldsleep，whenthedrugsshouldbepumpedintohisarm。itwashewhoaskedthequestionsandsuggestedtheanswers。hewasthetormentor，hewastheprotector，hewastheinquisitor，hewasthefriend。andonce—winstoncouldnotrememberwhetheritwasindruggedsleep，orinnormalsleep，oreveninamomentofwakefulness—avoicemurmuredinhisear：「don』tworry，winston；youareinmykeeping。forsevenyearsihavewatchedoveryou。nowtheturning-pointhascome。ishallsaveyou，ishallmakeyouperfect。」hewasnotsurewhetheritwaso』brien』svoice；butitwasthesamevoicethathadsaidtohim，「weshallmeetintheplacewherethereisnodarkness，」inthatotherdream，sevenyearsago。

hedidnotrememberanyendingtohisinterrogation。therewasaperiodofblacknessandthenthecell，orroom，inwhichhenowwashadgraduallymaterializedroundhim。hewasalmostflatonhisback，andunabletomove。hisbodywashelddownateveryessentialpoint。eventhebackofhisheadwasgrippedinsomemanner。o』brienwaslookingdownathimgravelyandrathersadly。hisface，seenfrombelow，lookedcoarseandworn，withpouchesundertheeyesandtiredlinesfromnosetochin。hewasolderthanwinstonhadthoughthim；hewasperhapsforty-eightorfifty。underhishandtherewasadialwithaleverontopandfiguresrunningroundtheface。