In Gedali, the old man questions the sanctity of revolution: "Revolution is happiness. And happiness does not like orphans in its house. A good man does good deeds. The Revolution is the good deed done by good men. But good men do not kill. Hence the Revolution is done by bad men. But th Poles are also bad men. Who is going to tell Gedali which is the Revolution and which the counterrevoultion?" (65) In his mind, beauty cannot coexist with violence; but with there being violence in the revolution which is supposedly a good cause, he cannot distinguish the difference between revoultion and counterrevolution because he cannot see past the count of dead bodies.