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Dr
.
Ferris
sat
down
and
made
a
few
remarks
about
the
colors
of
the
leaves
in
the
month
of
October
,
as
he
had
observed
them
by
the
roadside
on
his
long
drive
from
Washington
,
undertaken
specifically
for
the
purpose
of
meeting
Mr
.
Rearden
in
person
.
Rearden
said
nothing
.
Dr
.
Ferris
looked
out
the
window
and
commented
on
the
inspiring
sight
of
the
Rearden
mills
which
,
he
said
,
were
one
of
the
most
valuable
productive
enterprises
in
the
country
.
"
That
is
not
what
you
thought
of
my
product
a
year
and
a
half
ago
,
"
said
Rearden
.
Dr
.
Ferris
gave
a
brief
frown
,
as
if
a
dot
of
the
pattern
had
slipped
and
almost
cost
him
the
game
,
then
chuckled
,
as
if
he
had
recaptured
it
.
"
That
was
a
year
and
a
half
ago
,
Mr
.
Rearden
,
"
he
said
easily
.
"
Times
change
,
and
people
change
with
the
times
—
the
wise
ones
do
.
Wisdom
lies
in
knowing
when
to
remember
and
when
to
forget
.
Consistency
is
not
a
habit
of
mind
which
it
is
wise
to
practice
or
to
expect
of
the
human
race
.
"
He
then
proceeded
to
discourse
upon
the
foolishness
of
consistency
in
a
world
where
nothing
was
absolute
except
the
principle
of
compromise
.
He
talked
earnestly
,
but
in
a
casual
manner
,
as
if
they
both
understood
that
this
was
not
the
main
subject
of
their
interview
;
yet
,
oddly
,
he
spoke
not
in
the
tone
of
a
foreword
,
but
in
the
tone
of
a
postscript
,
as
if
the
main
subject
had
been
settled
long
ago
.
Rearden
waited
for
the
first
"
Don
’
t
you
think
so
?
"
and
answered
,
"
Please
state
the
urgent
matter
for
which
you
requested
this
appointment
.
"
Dr
.
Ferris
looked
astonished
and
blank
for
a
moment
,
then
said
brightly
,
as
if
remembering
an
unimportant
subject
which
could
be
disposed
of
without
effort
,
"
Oh
,
that
?
That
was
in
regard
to
the
dates
of
delivery
of
Rearden
Metal
to
the
State
Science
Institute
.
We
should
like
to
have
five
thousand
tons
by
the
first
of
December
,
and
then
we
’
ll
be
quite
agreeable
to
waiting
for
the
balance
of
the
order
until
after
the
first
of
the
year
.
"
Rearden
sat
looking
at
him
silently
for
a
long
time
;
each
passing
moment
had
the
effect
of
making
the
gay
intonations
of
Dr
.
Ferris
’
voice
,
still
hanging
in
the
air
of
the
room
,
seem
more
foolish
.
When
Dr
.
Ferris
had
begun
to
dread
that
he
would
not
answer
at
all
,
Rearden
answered
,
"
Hasn
’
t
the
traffic
cop
with
the
leather
leggings
,
whom
you
sent
here
,
given
you
a
report
on
his
conversation
with
me
?
"
