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romantic
past, the olden time as he liked to call it in his secret thoughts. For
some reason he had always thought of wine as having an intensely sweet
taste, like that of blackberry jam and an immediate intoxicating effect.
Actually, when he came to swallow it, the stuff was distinctly
disappointing. The truth was that after years of gin-drinking he could
barely taste it. He set down the empty glass.
'Then there is such a person as Goldstein?' he said.
'Yes, there is such a person, and he is alive. Where, I do not know.'
'And the conspiracy -- the organization? Is it real? It is not simply
an invention of the Thought Police?'
'No, it is real. The Brotherhood, we call it. You will never learn
much more about the Brotherhood than that it exists and that you belong to
it. I will come back to that presently.' He looked at his wrist-watch. 'It
is unwise even for members of the Inner Party to turn off the telescreen
for more than half an hour. You ought not to have come here together, and
you will have to leave separately. You, comrade' -- he bowed his head to
Julia -- 'will