1984 - Planet eBook

He sank his voice, like someone who is obliged for medicalreasons to utter an obscenity.‘’Down with Big Brother!’ Yes, I said that! Said it overand over again, it seems. Between you and me, old man, I’mglad they got me before it went any further. Do you knowwhat I’m going to say to them when I go up before the tribunal?‘Thank you,’ I’m going to say, ‘thank you for saving mebefore it was too late.‘‘‘Who denounced you?’ said Winston.‘It was my little daughter,’ said Parsons with a sort ofdoleful pride. ‘She listened at the keyhole. Heard what Iwas saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day.Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh? I don’t bear her anygrudge for it. In fact I’m proud of her. It shows I brought herup in the right spirit, anyway.’He made a few more jerky movements up and down,several times, casting a longing glance at the lavatory pan.Then he suddenly ripped down his shorts.‘Excuse me, old man,’ he said. ‘I can’t help it. It’s the waiting.’He plumped his large posterior into the lavatory pan.Winston covered his face with his hands.‘Smith!’ yelled the voice from the telescreen. ‘6079 SmithW! Uncover your face. No faces covered in the cells.’Winston uncovered his face. Parsons used the lavatory,loudly and abundantly. It then turned out that the plug wasdefective and the cell stank abominably for hours afterwards.Parsons was removed. More prisoners came and went,