In general you could not assume that you were much safer in the country than in London. There were no telescreens, of course, but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized; besides, it was not easy to make a journey by yourself without attracting attention.引自 Part II Chapter 2
“Would you believe,” he said, “that till this moment I didn’t know what colour your eyes were?”引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle 位置 1790-1791). Plume.
Winston甚至自爆底细,有点像是在掐自己以便确认这不是梦——
“I’m thirty-nine years old. I’ve got a wife that I can’t get rid of. I’ve got varicose veins. I’ve got five false teeth.”引自 Part II Chapter 2
女孩的回答是——
“I couldn’t care less,” said the girl.引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle位置1795). Plume.
一切似乎进展顺利——
The next moment, it was hard to say by whose act, she was in his arms. At the beginning he had no feeling except sheer incredulity. The youthful body was strained against his own, the mass of dark hair was against his face, and yes! actually she had turned her face up and he was kissing the wide red mouth. She had clasped her arms about his neck, she was calling him darling, precious one, loved one. He had pulled her down on to the ground, she was utterly unresisting, he could do what he liked with her.引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle 位置 1795-1799). Plume.
但关键时刻Winston退缩了——
But the truth was that he had no physical sensation, except that of mere contact. All he felt was incredulity and pride. He was glad that this was happening, but he had no physical desire. It was too soon, her youth and prettiness had frightened him, he was too much used to living without women—he did not know the reason.引自 Part II Chapter 2
He did not feel any temptation to tell lies to her. It was even a sort of love-offering to start off by telling the worst.引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle 位置 1808-1809). Plume.
Winston先前对Julia的憎恶感觉,来自于a great many young girls给他的印象(而不是老湿最早猜测的酸葡萄效应)——
“You thought I was a good Party member. Pure in word and deed. Banners, processions, slogans, games, community hikes all that stuff. And you thought that if I had a quarter of a chance I’d denounce you as a thought-criminal and get you killed off?”引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle 位置 1816-1817). Plume.
这反而让Julia很开心,因为这就是她的有意伪装——
“Actually I am that sort of girl, to look at. I’m good at games. I was a troop-leader in the Spies. I do voluntary work three evenings a week for the Junior Anti-Sex League. Hours and hours I’ve spent pasting their bloody rot all over London. I always carry one end of a banner in the processions. I always look cheerful and I never shirk anything. Always yell with the crowd, that’s what I say. It’s the only way to be safe.”引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle 位置 1826-1829). Plume.
然后Julia回答了Winton的疑问,为何会看上他这样的大叔——
“It was something in your face. I thought I’d take a chance. I’m good at spotting people who don’t belong. As soon as I saw you I knew you were against them.”引自 Part II Chapter 2
He did not dislike it. It was merely one symptom of her revolt against the Party and all its ways, and somehow it seemed natural and healthy, like the sneeze of a horse that smells bad hay.引自 Part II Chapter 2
He stopped thinking and merely felt. The girl’s waist in the bend of his arm was soft and warm. He pulled her round so that they were breast to breast; her body seemed to melt into his. Wherever his hands moved it was all as yielding as water. Their mouths clung together; it was quite different from the hard kisses they had exchanged earlier. When they moved their faces apart again both of them sighed deeply.引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle 位置 1867-1870). Plume.
时机已然成熟。Winston又多问了一句——
“Have you done this before?”
“Of course. Hundreds of times—well, scores of times, anyway.”
“With Party members?”
“Yes, always with Party members.”
“With members of the Inner Party?”
“Not with those swine, no. But there’s plenty that would if they got half a chance. They’re not so holy as they make out.”引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle 位置 1879-1885). Plume.
太惊人了,Winston会扭头就走吗?真相是他对任何腐化Party的事情喜闻乐见——
Scores of times she had done it: he wished it had been hundreds—thousands. Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with a wild hope. Who knew, perhaps the Party was rotten under the surface, its cult of strenuousness and self-denial simply a sham concealing iniquity. If he could have infected the whole lot of them with leprosy or syphilis, how gladly he would have done so! Anything to rot, to weaken, to undermine!引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle 位置 1885-1888). Plume.
这两人果然是天造地设的一双。听到如下对话,老湿已经完全惊呆了——
“Listen. The more men you’ve had, the more I love you. Do you understand that?”
“Yes, perfectly.”
“I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don’t want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.”
“Well then, I ought to suit you, dear. I’m corrupt to the bones.”
“You like doing this? I don’t mean simply me: I mean the thing in itself?”
“I adore it.”引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle 位置 1888-1894). Plume.
原来Winston的爱情夹杂着对Party的恨——
Not merely the love of one person but the animal instinct, the simple undifferentiated desire: that was the force that would tear the Party to pieces.引自 Part II Chapter 2
George Orwell. 1984 (Kindle 位置 1895-1896). Plume.
俩人获得了生命大和谐。这同时也是一件政治行为——
In the old days, he thought, a man looked at a girl’s body and saw that it was desirable, and that was the end of the story. But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act.引自 Part II Chapter 2