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...Abbé Lorent's story clearly exemplifies what had been in the mind of most Frenchmen in recent years. Like Abbé Lorent, they had hoped they would be able to collaborate with Communists in the national task of putting France on her feet again, only to realize gradually that every effort to get along with them was doomed to failure...
...Abbé Lorent worked for social reform with the Communists before the war. During the Resistance, he began to distrust them; now he hates them, and they hate...
...take action. He collected a group of miners, wrapped a tricolor sash around his waist, and advanced on the pit heads. They were met by hundreds of Communists and hangers-on (only a few of them local people) who had armed themselves with clubs. After a short scuffle the Abbé Lorent's forces withdrew. "I wanted to avoid bloodshed," he said...
...Reds were angry. They marched on the Abbé's house, invaded his scuffed and untidy front yard. In the kitchen the Abbé had a group of faithful adherents armed with machine guns...
...week's end tension was slackening in Sains, as it was elsewhere in France, but the mines of Sains we're still closed and the Abbé was still on guard. "This calm bodes evil," he said. "I don't trust it. I'm not afraid and the town knows that. Those who do not follow me as a priest respect me as the mayor...