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George Orwell 1 9 8 4<br />

‘You know this, Winston,’ said O’Brien. ‘Don’t<br />

deceive yourself. You did know it—you have<br />

always known it.’<br />

Yes, he saw now, he had always known it. But<br />

there was no time to think of that. All he had eyes<br />

for was the truncheon in the guard’s hand. It might<br />

fall anywhere; on the crown, on the tip of the ear,<br />

on the upper arm, on the elbow—<br />

The elbow! He had slumped to his knees, almost<br />

paralysed, clasping the stricken elbow with his<br />

other hand. Everything had exploded into yellow<br />

light. Inconceivable, inconceivable that one blow<br />

could cause such pain! The light cleared and he<br />

could see the other two looking down at him. The<br />

guard was laughing at his contortions. One question<br />

at any rate was answered. Never, for any reason on<br />

earth, could you wish for an increase of pain. Of<br />

pain you could wish only one thing: that it should<br />

stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical<br />

pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes, no<br />

heroes, he thought over and over as he writhed on<br />

the floor, clutching uselessly at his disabled left<br />

arm.<br />

271<br />

— Ya sabías que ocurriría esto, Winston —dijo<br />

O'Brien —. No te engañes a ti mismo. Lo sabías...<br />

Siempre lo has sabido.<br />

Sí, ahora comprendía que siempre lo había sabido.<br />

Pero no había tiempo de pensar en ello. Sólo tenía<br />

ojos para la porra que se balanceaba en la mano<br />

del guardia. El golpe podía caer en cualquier parte<br />

de su cuerpo: en la coronilla, encima de la oreja,<br />

en el antebrazo, en el codo...<br />

¡En el codo! Dio un brinco y se quedó casi<br />

paralizado sujetándose con la otra mano el codo<br />

golpeado. Había visto luces amarillas. ¡Era<br />

inconcebible que un solo golpe pudiera causar<br />

tanto dolor! Cayó al suelo. Volvió a ver claro. Los<br />

otros dos lo miraban desde arriba. El guardia se<br />

reía de sus contorsiones. Por lo menos, ya sabía<br />

una cosa. jamás, por ninguna razón del mundo,<br />

puede uno desear un aumento de dolor. Del dolor<br />

físico sólo se puede desear una cosa: que cese.<br />

Nada en el mundo es tan malo como el dolor<br />

físico. Ante eso no hay héroes. No hay héroes,<br />

pensó una y otra vez mientras se retorcía en el<br />

suelo, sujetándose inútilmente su inutilizado brazo<br />

izquierdo.

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