In the volumes to follow, M. will be singled out — and his friendship valued — for his laid back attitude.
Proust is very quietly foreshadowing what is to come when he writes:
"I did not believe what [Bloch] was saying, but I bore him no ill-will on that account, for I had inherited from my mother and grandmother their incapacity for rancour even against the worst offenders, and their habit of never condemning anyone."
We are about to meet the Baron de Charlus, who is quite a memorable character all the way through to the end of the last volume.
How to win friends and influence people is simply a matter of keeping their secrets.
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