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o』brienstoppedhimwithamovementofthehand。***
「anotherexample,」hesaid。「someyearsagoyouhadaveryseriousdelusionindeed。youbelievedthatthreemen,threeonetimepartymembersnamedjones,aaronson,andrutherfordmenwhowereexecutedfortreacheryandsabotageaftermakingthefullestpossibleconfession—werenotguiltyofthecrimestheywerechargedwith。youbelievedthatyouhadseenunmistakabledocumentaryevidenceprovingthattheirconfessionswerefalse。therewasacertainphotographaboutwhichyouhadahallucination。youbelievedthatyouhadactuallyhelditinyourhands。itwasaphotographsomethinglikethis。」
anoblongslipofnewspaperhadappearedbetweeno』brien』sfingers。forperhapsfivesecondsitwaswithintheangleofwinston』svision。itwasaphotograph,andtherewasnoquestionofitsidentity。itwasthephotograph。itwasanothercopyofthephotographofjones,aaronson,andrutherfordatthepartyfunctioninnewyork,whichhehadchanceduponelevenyearsagoandpromptlydestroyed。foronlyaninstantitwasbeforehiseyes,thenitwasoutofsightagain。buthehadseenit,unquestionablyhehadseenit!hemadeadesperate,agonizingefforttowrenchthetophalfofhisbodyfree。itwasimpossibletomovesomuchasacentimetreinanydirection。forthemomenthehadevenforgottenthedial。allhewantedwastoholdthephotographinhisfingersagain,oratleasttoseeit。
「itexists!」hecried。
「no,」saido』brien。