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「getup，」saido』brien。***「comehere。」

winstonstoodoppositehim。o』brientookwinston』sshouldersbetweenhisstronghandsandlookedathimclosely。

「youhavehadthoughtsofdeceivingme，」hesaid。「thatwasstupid。standupstraighter。lookmeintheface。」

hepaused，andwentoninagentlertone：

「youareimproving。intellectuallythereisverylittlewrongwithyou。itisonlyemotionallythatyouhavefailedtomakeprogress。tellme，winston—andremember，nolies：youknowthatiamalwaysabletodetectalie—tellme，whatareyourtruefeelingstowardsbigbrother？」

「ihatehim。」

「youhatehim。good。thenthetimehascomeforyoutotakethelaststep。youmustlovebigbrother。itisnotenoughtoobeyhim：youmustlovehim。」

hereleasedwinstonwithalittlepushtowardstheguards。

「room101，」hesaid。

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ateachstageofhisimprisonmenthehadknown，orseemedtoknow，whereaboutshewasinthewindowlessbuilding。possiblytherewereslightdifferencesintheairpressure。thecellswheretheguardshadbeatenhimwerebelowgroundlevel。theroomwherehehadbeeninterrogatedbyo』brienwashighupneartheroof。thisplacewasmanymetresunderground，asdeepdownasitwaspossibletogo。

itwasbiggerthanmostofthecellshehadbeenin。buthehardlynoticedhissurroundings。allhenoticedwasthatthereweretwosmalltablesstraightinfrontofhim，eachcoveredwithgreenbaize。onewasonlyametreortwofromhim，theotherwasfurtheraway，nearthedoor。hewasstrappeduprightinachair，sotightlythathecouldmovenothing，notevenhishead。asortofpadgrippedhisheadfrombehind，forcinghimtolookstraightinfrontofhim。