67 “Tear the mask” – Ibid., p. 126.
68 “To hear what was said” – Orwell, The Complete Works of George Orwell II: Burmese Days (Secker & Warburg, 1997), p. 140.
69 “The only broadcasting service” – Taylor, p. 205.
70 “One of the dreariest effects” – Orwell, CW VIp. 208.
71 “I hope I shall get the chance” – Orwell letter to Victor Gollancz, May 9, 1937, in CW XI, 368, p. 23.
72 “almost a mental disease” – Beevor, p. 271.
73 “This was simply” – Crossman (ed.), p. 253.
74 “I gradually acquired” – Ibid., p. 254.
75 “They couldn’t hit a bull” – Wadhams, p. 90.
76 “a violent resentment” – Orwell, CW VI, p. 139.
77 “Get out” – Taylor, p. 230.
78 “the best of the bunch” – Orwell, CW VI, p. 39.
79 “his face was no more” – Robert Conquest, The Great Terror: A Reassessment (Pimlico, 2008), p. 410.
80 “nightmare atmosphere” – Orwell, CW VI, p. 151.
81 “however little you were actually conspiring” – Ibid., p. 148.
82 “pronounced Trotskyists” – David Caute, Politics and the Novel During the Cold War (Transaction, 2010), p. 47.
83 “It was a queer business” – Orwell letter to Rayner Heppenstall, July 31, 1937, CW XI, 381, p. 53.
84 “It was about the only time” – Wadhams, p. 96.
85 “He said he used to take” – Ibid., p. 93.
86 “Almost every journalist” – Quoted in Paul Preston, We Saw Spain Die (Constable, 2008), p. 15.