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「itwillnotlastforever，」hesaid。***「youcanescapefromitwheneveryouchoose。everythingdependsonyourself。」

「youdidit！」sobbedwinston。「youreducedmetothisstate。」

「no，winston，youreducedyourselftoit。thisiswhatyouacceptedwhenyousetyourselfupagainsttheparty。itwasallcontainedinthatfirstact。nothinghashappenedthatyoudidnotforesee。」

hepaused，andthenwenton：

「wehavebeatenyou，winston。wehavebrokenyouup。youhaveseenwhatyourbodyislike。yourmindisinthesamestate。idonotthinktherecanbemuchprideleftinyou。youhavebeenkickedandfloggedandinsulted，youhavescreamedwithpain，youhaverolledonthefloorinyourownbloodandvomit。youhavewhimperedformercy，youhavebetrayedeverybodyandeverything。canyouthinkofasingledegradationthathasnothappenedtoyou？」

winstonhadstoppedweeping，thoughthetearswerestilloozingoutofhiseyes。helookedupato』brien。

「ihavenotbetrayedjulia，」hesaid。

o』brienlookeddownathimthoughtfully。「no，」hesaid，「no，thatisperfectlytrue。youhavenotbetrayedjulia。」

thepeculiarreverenceforo』brien，whichnothingseemedabletodestroy，floodedwinston』sheartagain。howintelligent，hethought，howintelligent！neverdido』brienfailtounderstandwhatwassaidtohim。anyoneelseonearthwouldhaveansweredpromptlythathehadbetrayedjulia。forwhatwastherethattheyhadnotscrewedoutofhimunderthetorture？hehadtoldthemeverythingheknewabouther，herhabits，hercharacter，herpastlife；hehadconfessedinthemosttrivialdetaileverythingthathadhappenedattheirmeetings，allthathehadsaidtoherandshetohim，theirblack-marketmeals，theiradulteries，theirvagueplottingsagainsttheparty—everything。andyet，inthesenseinwhichheintendedtheword，hehadnotbetrayedher。hehadnotstoppedlovingher；hisfeelingstowardsherhadremainedthesame。o』brienhadseenwhathemeantwithouttheneedforexplanation。