'A line which the failure of the SRL has doomed and which has become anachronistic,' Samazelle said. 'Remaining neutral in regard to the Communists is out of the question nowadays; you've got to be emphatically for or against.' He tried to force one of his jovial laughs. 'Considering the way they've been treating you, I'm surprised that you stubbornly continue to try to get along with them.'

‘I’m surprised that men who call themselves leftists can support the party of the capitalists, the militarists, and the Church,' Henri said.

'Let's get a few things straight,' Samazelle said. 'All my life I've fought against militarism, against the Church, and against capitalism. But you've got to recognize the fact that de Gaulle is something quite different from a militarist, that the aid of the Church is necessary today to defend the values we cherish, and that Gaullism can very well be an anti-capitalist movement if men of the left assume positions of command in it.'