Lypophrenia

1984 by George Orwell. Part Three excerpted from the book and clips from films

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"Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It ...

The ambassador: But be careful. It was very well set up.
A young, provocative drunkard. Then the other one, the one who attacked you.
Then ...

Suddenly, from all the green around you,
something-you don't know what-has disappeared;
you feel it creeping closer to the window,
in total silence. From the nearby wood

you hear the urgent whistling of a plover,
reminding you of someone's Saint Jerome:
so much solitude and passion come
from that one voice, whose fierce request the downpour

will grant. The walls, with their ancient portraits, glide
away from us, cautiously, as ...