A normal interrogation would have never gotten to this point, a small voice in the interrogator's head said. He justified not using violence with the thought even though her family would lose some of its influence in the Party, that roughing her up for being naively pious, in the fillial sense ... would not be the best move.<br/><br/>But, the interrogator hasn't thought about it. He argued against it, fumblingly, and faultingly. He looked to the others for supports that did not come.<br/><br/>In short, the wrong argument at the wrong time in the wrong place.