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"
But
events
have
a
way
of
beating
us
all
into
a
more
.
.
.
pliable
frame
of
mind
,
sooner
or
later
.
"
"
I
’
ve
heard
many
characteristics
ascribed
to
him
,
but
‘
pliable
’
has
never
been
one
of
them
.
"
"
Well
,
things
change
and
people
change
with
them
.
After
all
,
it
is
a
law
of
nature
that
animals
must
adapt
themselves
to
their
background
.
And
I
might
add
that
adaptability
is
the
one
characteristic
most
stringently
required
at
present
by
laws
other
than
those
of
nature
.
We
’
re
in
for
a
very
difficult
time
,
and
I
would
hate
to
see
you
suffer
the
consequences
of
his
intransigent
attitude
.
I
would
hate
—
as
your
friend
—
to
see
you
in
the
kind
of
danger
he
’
s
headed
for
,
unless
he
learns
to
cooperate
.
"
"
How
sweet
of
you
,
Jim
,
"
she
said
sweetly
.
He
was
doling
his
sentences
out
with
cautious
slowness
,
balancing
himself
between
word
and
intonation
to
hit
the
right
degree
of
semi
clarity
.
He
wanted
her
to
understand
,
but
he
did
not
want
her
to
understand
fully
,
explicitly
,
down
to
the
root
—
since
the
essence
of
that
modern
language
,
which
he
had
learned
to
speak
expertly
,
was
never
to
let
oneself
or
others
understand
anything
down
to
the
root
.
He
had
not
needed
many
words
to
understand
Mr
.
Weatherby
.
On
his
last
trip
to
Washington
,
he
had
pleaded
with
Mr
.
Weatherby
that
a
cut
in
the
rates
of
the
railroads
would
be
a
deathblow
;
the
wage
raises
had
been
granted
,
but
the
demands
for
the
cut
in
rates
were
still
heard
in
the
press
—
and
Taggart
had
known
what
it
meant
,
if
Mr
.
Mouch
still
permitted
them
to
be
heard
;
he
had
known
that
the
knife
was
still
poised
at
his
throat
.
Mr
.
Weatherby
had
not
answered
his
pleas
,
but
had
said
,
in
a
tone
of
idly
irrelevant
speculation
,
"
Wesley
has
so
many
tough
problems
.
If
he
is
to
give
everybody
a
breathing
spell
,
financially
speaking
,
he
’
s
got
to
put
into
operation
a
certain
emergency
program
of
which
you
have
some
inkling
.
But
you
know
what
hell
the
unprogressive
elements
of
the
country
would
raise
about
it
.
A
man
like
Rearden
,
for
instance
.
We
don
’
t
want
any
more
stunts
of
the
sort
he
’
s
liable
to
pull
.
Wesley
would
give
a
lot
for
somebody
who
could
keep
Rearden
in
line
.
But
I
guess
that
’
s
something
nobody
can
deliver
.
Though
I
may
be
wrong
.
You
may
know
better
,
Jim
,
since
Rearden
is
a
sort
of
friend
of
yours
,
who
comes
to
your
parties
and
all
that
.
"
Looking
at
Lillian
across
the
table
,
Taggart
said
,
"
Friendship
,
I
find
,
is
the
most
valuable
thing
in
life
—
and
I
would
be
amiss
if
I
didn
’
t
give
you
proof
of
mine
.
"
