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Parsons was removed. More prisoners came and Se llevaron a Parsons. Entraron y salieron más
went, mysteriously. One, a woman, was consigned presos, misteriosamente. Una mujer fue enviada a
to ‘Room 101’, and, Winston noticed, seemed to la «habitación 101» y Winston observó que esas
shrivel and turn a different colour when she heard palabras la hicieron cambiar de color. Llegó el
the words. A time came when, if it had been momento en que, si hubiera sido de día cuando le
morning when he was brought here, it would be llevaron allí, sería ya la última hora de la tarde; y
afternoon; or if it had been afternoon, then it would de haber entrado por la tarde, sería ya media
be midnight. There were six prisoners in the cell, noche. Había seis presos en la celda entre hombres
men and women. All sat very still. Opposite y mujeres. Todos estaban sentados muy quietos.
Winston there sat a man with a chinless, toothy face Frente a Winston se hallaba un hombre con cara de
exactly like that of some large, harmless rodent. His roedor; apenas tenía barbilla y sus dientes eran
fat, mottled cheeks were so pouched at the bottom afilados y salientes. Los carrillos le formaban
that it was difficult not to believe that he had little bolsones de tal modo que podía pensarse que
stores of food tucked away there. His pale-grey almacenaba allí comida. Sus ojos gris pálido se
eyes flitted timorously from face to face and turned movían temerosamente de un lado a otro y se
quickly away again when he caught anyone’s eye. desviaba su mirada en cuanto tropezaba con la de
otra persona.

The door opened, and another prisoner was brought Se abrió la puerta de nuevo y entró otro preso cuyo
in whose appearance sent a momentary chill aspecto le causó un escalofrío a Winston. Era un
through Winston. He was a commonplace, mean- hombre de aspecto vulgar, quizás un ingeniero o
looking man who might have been an engineer or un técnico. Pero lo sorprendente en él era su figura
technician of some kind. But what was startling was esquelético. Su delgadez era tan exagerada que la
the emaciation of his face. It was like a skull. boca y los ojos parecían de un tamaño
Because of its thinness the mouth and eyes looked desproporcionado y en sus ojos se almacenaba un
disproportionately large, and the eyes seemed filled intenso y criminal odio contra algo o contra
with a murderous, unappeasable hatred of alguien.
somebody or something.

The man sat down on the bench at a little distance El individuo se sentó en el banco a poca distancia
from Winston. Winston did not look at him again, de Winston. Éste no volvió a mirarle, pero la cara
but the tormented, skull-like face was as vivid in de calavera se le había quedado tan grabada como
his mind as though it had been straight in front of si la tuviera continuamente frente a sus ojos. De
his eyes. Suddenly he realized what was the matter. pronto comprendió de qué se trataba. Aquel
The man was dying of starvation. The same thought hombre se moría de hambre. Lo mismo pareció
seemed to occur almost simultaneously to everyone ocurrírseles casi a la vez a cuantos allí se hallaban.
in the cell. There was a very faint stirring all the Se produjo un leve movimiento por todo el banco.
way round the bench. The eyes of the chinless man El hombre de la cara de ratón miraba de cuando en
kept flitting towards the skull-faced man, then cuando al esquelético y desviaba en seguida la
turning guiltily away, then being dragged back by mirada con aire culpable para volverse a fijarse en
an irresistible attraction. Presently he began to él irresistiblemente atraído. Por fin se levantó,
fidget on his seat. At last he stood up, waddled cruzó pesadamente la celda, se rebuscó en el
clumsily across the cell, dug down into the pocket bolsillo del «mono» y con aire tímido sacó un
of his overalls, and, with an abashed air, held out a mugriento mendrugo de pan y se lo tendió al
grimy piece of bread to the skull-faced man. hambriento.