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Part II
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"Onwhichside?"Tarrouasked.
"Onthelosingone.ButsincethenI’vereflectedabit."
"Onwhat?"
"Oncourage.Iknownowthatmaniscapableofgreatactions.Butifheisnotcapableofgreatfeeling,thenhedoesn’tinterestme."
"Onehastheimpressionheiscapableofanything,"saidTarrou.
"Notatall;he’snotcapableofsufferingorofbeinghappyforlong.Sohe’snotcapableofanythingworthwhile."
Helookedatthem,thenasked:
"ComeTarrou,areyoucapableofdyingforlove?"
"Idon’tknow,butIdoubtit,now."
"There.Yetyouarecapableofdyingforanidea,that’spatentlyobvious.Well,I’vehadenoughofpeoplewhodieforideas.Idon’tbelieveinheroism,Iknowthatit’seasyandI’vefoundoutthatit’sdeadly.Whatinterestsme,islivingordyingforwhatoneloves."
Rieuxhadbeenlisteningcloselytothejournalist.Stilllookingathim,hesaidgently:
"Manisnotanidea,Rambert."
Theothermanjumpedupfromthebed,hisfacecontortedwithemotion.
"Heisanideaandaverybriefone,justassoonasheturnsawayfromlove.Andthat’sthetrouble:wearenolongercapableoflove.Let’sresignourselves,doctor,let’swaituntilwearecapableofitandifit’sreallynotpossible,waitforthegeneraldeliverance,withoutplayingatheroes.
