1984

Chapter 4

           Winstonwasgoodatthiskindofthing. Onoccasionhehadevenbeenentrustedwiththerectificationof‘TheTimes’leadingarticles,whichwerewrittenentirelyinNewspeak. Heunrolledthemessagethathehadsetasideearlier.Itran: 

           times3.12.83reportingbbdayorderdoubleplusungoodrefsunpersonsrewritefullwiseupsubantefiling 

           InOldspeak(orstandardEnglish)thismightberendered: 

           ThereportingofBigBrother’sOrderfortheDayin‘TheTimes’ofDecember3rd1983isextremelyunsatisfactoryandmakesreferencestonon-existentpersons. Rewriteitinfullandsubmityourdrafttohigherauthoritybeforefiling. 

           Winstonreadthroughtheoffendingarticle. BigBrother’sOrderfortheDay,itseemed,hadbeenchieflydevotedtopraisingtheworkofanorganizationknownasFFCC, whichsuppliedcigarettesandothercomfortstothesailorsintheFloatingFortresses. AcertainComradeWithers,aprominentmemberoftheInnerParty,hadbeensingledoutforspecialmentionandawardedadecoration,theOrderofConspicuousMerit,SecondClass. 

           ThreemonthslaterFFCChadsuddenlybeendissolvedwithnoreasonsgiven. OnecouldassumethatWithersandhisassociateswerenowindisgrace,buttherehadbeennoreportofthematterinthePressoronthetelescreen. Thatwastobeexpected,sinceitwasunusualforpoliticaloffenderstobeputontrialorevenpubliclydenounced. 

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