Extract chosen by Jean-Christophe Buisson
Admiral Philippe de Gaulle said he only saw his father twice without a suit or tie or his military uniform: on a North beach in a bathing suit with his brother-in-law Vendroux, and in pajamas on a bed from Cochin hospital after prostate surgery. Otherwise, the General is still out of his costume-and-tie room. Even with the family at La Boisserie. Even during the holidays. Cornelian or Jansenist ethics, as desired: in all circumstances, you have to know how to behave. No emotional or other ostentation. No display of the intimate. No tears when Anne, the beloved girl, is buried in the grave at Colombey. Tears perhaps, but in the secrecy of the room where even children are not allowed to enter.
"This man has a dry heart , " wrote Marcel Aymé the day after the execution of Brasillach. He was wrong. The General's heart was vibrant, but his chamades were looking only at him. The meaning of
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