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George Orwell 1 9 8 4<br />

writing—and then drop a hint in the appropriate<br />

quarter. He went to the bathroom and carefully<br />

scrubbed the ink away with the gritty dark-brown<br />

soap which rasped your skin like sandpaper and<br />

was therefore well adapted for this purpose.<br />

He put the diary away in the drawer. It was quite<br />

useless to think of hiding it, but he could at least<br />

make sure whether or not its existence had been<br />

discovered. A hair laid across the page-ends was<br />

too obvious. With the tip of his finger he picked up<br />

an identifiable grain of whitish dust and deposited<br />

it on the corner of the cover, where it was bound to<br />

be shaken off if the book was moved.<br />

correspondiera. Fue al cuarto de baño y se frotó<br />

cuidadosamente la tinta con el oscuro y rasposo<br />

jabón que le limaba la piel como un papel de lija y<br />

resultaba por tanto muy eficaz para su propósito.<br />

Guardó el Diario en el cajón de la mesita. Era inútil<br />

pretender esconderlo; pero, por lo menos, podía<br />

saber si lo habían descubierto o no. Un cabello<br />

sujeto entre las páginas sería demasiado evidente.<br />

Por eso, con la yema de un dedo recogió una<br />

partícula de polvo de posible identificación y la<br />

depositó sobre una esquina de la tapa, de donde<br />

tendría que caerse si cogían el libro.<br />

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