The room was long, carpeted and softy lit ; the sound from the telescreen was low. At the far end of the room O'Brien was sitting under a lamp with papers on either side of him. He did not look up when the servant showed Winston and Julia in.
Winston's heart was beating fast. It was dangerous to arrive with Julia, although they had met only outside O'Brien flat. And although O'Brien had invited him, he was still afraid of the black - unifromed guards in this enormous building with is strange smell of good and tobacco. But the guards had not ordered him out