Part 4, Chapter 44 Summary

Nick and Carlos share a bottle of wine. Carlos is better in a month and leaves Portland and travels back to Los Angeles. He meets a girl on the train named Mary and brings her back to the apartment in Los Angeles. He finds Victor, Jose, Amado and Ganzo all sleeping there. Carlos learns that Nick was kicked-out of his union post and went to Alaska. Their CPRF and labor organizations are taken over by reactionaries. Conrado comes to live with them in the Los Angeles apartment. Mary eventually leaves without saying a word and soon they all depart for different places, hoping for better conditions. Macario is well enough to work but is looking old and haggard. One evening Macario and Amado get into a fight. Carlos strikes Amado with a pan to keep him from stabbing Macario with a...