‘You are very young,

he said. ‘You are ten or fifteen years
younger than I am. What could you see to attract you in a
man like me
‘It was something in your face. I thought I’d take a chance.
I’m good at spotting people who don’t belong. As soon as I
saw you I knew you were against.
THEM, it appeared, meant the Party, and above all the
Inner Party, about whom she talked with an open jeering

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hatred which made Winston feel uneasy, although he knew
that they were safe here if they could be safe anywhere. A
thing that astonished him about her was the coarseness of
her language. Party members were supposed not to swear,

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and Winston himself very seldom did swear, aloud, at any
rate. Julia, however, seemed unable to mention the Party,
and especially the Inner Party, without using the kind of
words that you saw chalked up in dripping alley-ways. He
did not dislike it.