“But 
if 
there 
was 
hope, 
it 
lay 
in 
the 
proles. 
You 
had
 to 
cling 
on 
to 
that. 
When 
you 
put 
it 
in 
words 
it
 sounded
 reasonable; 
it 
was 
when 
you 
looked 
at 
the
 human 
beings 
passing 
you 
on 
the 
pavement 
that 
it
 became 
an
 act 
of
 faith.”