1984-bilingue

George Orwell 1 9 8 4
'Yes,' said O'Brien, 'we can turn it off. We have
that privilege.'
He was opposite them now. His solid form
towered over the pair of them, and the expression
on his face was still indecipherable. He was
waiting, somewhat sternly, for Winston to speak,
but about what? Even now it was quite
conceivable that he was simply a busy man
wondering irritably why he had been interrupted.
Nobody spoke. After the stopping of the telescreen
the room seemed deadly silent. The seconds
marched past, enormous. With difficulty Winston
continued to keep his eyes fixed on O'Brien's.
Then suddenly the grim face broke down into what
might have been the beginnings of a smile. With
his characteristic gesture O'Brien resettled his
spectacles on his nose.
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— Sí —dijo O'Brien —, podemos cerrarlos.
Tenemos ese privilegio.
Estaba sentado frente a ellos. Su maciza figura los
dominaba y la expresión de su cara continuaba
indescifrable. Esperaba a que Winston hablase;
pero ¿sobre qué? Incluso ahora podía concebirse
perfectamente que no fuese más que un hombre
ocupado preguntándose con irritación por qué lo
habían interrumpido. Nadie hablaba. Después de
cerrar la telepantalla, la habitación parecía
mortalmente silenciosa. Los segundos transcurrían
enormes. Winston dificultosamente conseguía
mantener su mirada fija en los ojos de O'Brien.
Luego, de pronto, el sombrío rostro se iluminó con
el inicio de una sonrisa. Con su gesto característico,
O'Brien se aseguró las gafas sobre la nariz.
'Shall I say it, or will you?' he said. — ¿Lo digo yo o lo dices tú? —preguntó O'Brien.
'I will say it,' said Winston promptly. 'That thing is
really turned off?'
— Lo diré yo — respondió Winston al instante —.
¿Está eso completamente cerrado?
'Yes, everything is turned off. We are alone.' — Sí —, no funciona ningún aparato en esta
habitación. Estamos solos.
'We have come here because—' — Pues vinimos aquí porque...
He paused, realizing for the first time the
vagueness of his own motives. Since he did not in
fact know what kind of help he expected from
O'Brien, it was not easy to say why he had come
here. He went on, conscious that what he was
saying must sound both feeble and pretentious:
'We believe that there is some kind of conspiracy,
some kind of secret organization working against
the Party, and that you are involved in it. We want
to join it and work for it. We are enemies of the
Party. We disbelieve in the principles of Ingsoc.
We are thought-criminals. We are also adulterers. I
tell you this because we want to put ourselves at
your mercy. If you want us to incriminate
Se interrumpió dándose cuenta por primera vez de
la vaguedad de sus propósitos. No sabía
exactamente qué clase de ayuda esperaba de
O'Brien. Prosiguió, consciente de que sus palabras
sonaban vacilantes y presuntuosas:
Creemos que existe un movimiento clandestino,
una especie de organización secreta que actúa
contra el Partido y que tú estás metido en esto.
Queremos formar parte de esta organización y
trabajar en lo que podamos. Somos enemigos del
Partido. No creemos en los principios de Ingsoc.
Somos criminales del pensamiento. Además, somos
adúlteros. Te digo todo esto porque deseamos