On Dec 25, 1:40*pm, ronlw58 wrote:
at, and for more
than *two *hours *he *succeeded *in *shutting the *girl *out *of *his *mind
altogether. *Then the *memory of her face *came back, and with it a raging,
intolerable *desire to *be alone. Until he could be alone it was impossible
to *think *this new development *out. Tonight was one *of his nights at the
Community *Centre. He wolfed another tasteless meal in the canteen, hurried
off to the Centre, took part in the solemn foolery of a 'discussion group',
played two games of table tennis, swallowed several glasses of gin, and sat
for *half an hour through a lecture entitled 'Ingsoc in relation to chess'.
His *soul writhed with boredom, but for once he had had no impulse to shirk
his *evening at the Centre. At the sight of the words I love you the desire
to *stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly
seemed *stupid. It was not till twenty-three hours, when he was home and in
bed *-- *in the darkness, *where you were safe *even from the telescreen so
long as you kept silent -- that he was able to think continuously.
* * *It *was a physical *problem that had to be solved: how to get in touch
with *the *girl and arrange *a meeting. He did *not consider any longer the
possibility *that *she mi

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