http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/8.html Part 2,chapter 1: “..Nevertheless it had been very difficult not to betray a momentary surprise, for in the two or three seconds while he was helping her up the girl had slipped something into his hand...” “...It could not have been ten seconds, and yet it seemed a long time that their hands....” -Winston meeting with Julia is more thrilling than his meeting with O'Brien