1984

           WinstondebatedwithhimselfwhethertoawardComradeOgilvytheOrderofConspicuousMerit: intheendhedecidedagainstitbecauseoftheunnecessarycross-referencingthatitwouldentail. 

           Onceagainheglancedathisrivalintheoppositecubicle. SomethingseemedtotellhimwithcertaintythatTillotsonwasbusyonthesamejobashimself. Therewasnowayofknowingwhosejobwouldfinallybeadopted,buthefeltaprofoundconvictionthatitwouldbehisown. ComradeOgilvy,unimaginedanhourago,wasnowafact. Itstruckhimascuriousthatyoucouldcreatedeadmenbutnotlivingones. ComradeOgilvy,whohadneverexistedinthepresent,nowexistedinthepast, andwhenoncetheactofforgerywasforgotten,hewouldexistjustasauthentically,anduponthesameevidence,asCharlemagneorJuliusCaesar.