Years ago — how long was it? Seven years it must be — he had dreamed that he was walking through a pitch-dark… — George Orwell

Years ago — how long was it? Seven years it must be — he had dreamed that he was walking through a pitch-dark room. And someone sitting to one side of him had said as he passed: ‘We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.’ It was said very quietly, almost casually — a statement, not a command.

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