243.英文正文（243）

thespasmpassed。heputthewhiteknightbackinitsplace，butforthemomenthecouldnotsettledowntoseriousstudyofthechessproblem。histhoughtswanderedagain。almostunconsciouslyhetracedwithhisfingerinthedustonthetable：

2+2=5

「theycan』tgetinsideyou，」shehadsaid。buttheycouldgetinsideyou。「whathappenstoyouhereisforever，」o』brienhadsaid。thatwasatrueword。therewerethings，yourownacts，fromwhichyoucouldneverrecover。somethingwaskilledinyourbreast：burntout，cauterizedout。

hehadseenher；hehadevenspokentoher。therewasnodangerinit。heknewasthoughinstinctivelythattheynowtookalmostnointerestinhisdoings。hecouldhavearrangedtomeetherasecondtimeifeitherofthemhadwantedto。actuallyitwasbychancethattheyhadmet。itwasinthepark，onavile，bitingdayinmarch，whentheearthwaslikeironandallthegrassseemeddeadandtherewasnotabudanywhereexceptafewcrocuseswhichhadpushedthemselvesuptobedismemberedbythewind。hewashurryingalongwithfrozenhandsandwateringeyeswhenhesawhernottenmetresawayfromhim。itstruckhimatoncethatshehadchangedinsomeill-definedway。theyalmostpassedoneanotherwithoutasign，thenheturnedandfollowedher，notveryeagerly。heknewthattherewasnodanger，nobodywouldtakeanyinterestinhim。shedidnotspeak。shewalkedobliquelyawayacrossthegrassasthoughtryingtogetridofhim，thenseemedtoresignherselftohavinghimatherside。presentlytheywereinamongaclumpofraggedleaflessshrubs，uselesseitherforconcealmentorasprotectionfromthewind。theyhalted。itwasvilelycold。thewindwhistledthroughthetwigsandfrettedtheoccasional，dirty-lookingcrocuses。heputhisarmroundherwaist。