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She
felt
the
faint
light
-
headedness
of
hunger
and
thought
that
she
should
go
down
to
get
a
cup
of
coffee
,
but
there
was
still
the
report
of
the
chief
engineer
to
finish
,
so
she
lighted
one
more
cigarette
.
The
chief
engineer
was
out
on
the
road
,
supervising
the
reconstruction
of
the
main
track
with
the
Rearden
Metal
rail
taken
from
the
corpse
of
the
John
Galt
Line
;
she
had
chosen
the
sections
most
urgently
in
need
of
repair
.
Opening
his
report
,
she
read
—
with
a
shock
of
incredulous
anger
—
that
he
had
stopped
work
in
the
mountain
section
of
Winston
,
Colorado
.
He
recommended
a
change
of
plans
:
he
suggested
that
the
rail
intended
for
Winston
be
used
,
instead
,
to
repair
the
track
of
their
Washington
-
to
-
Miami
branch
.
He
gave
his
reasons
:
a
derailment
had
occurred
on
that
branch
last
week
,
and
Mr
.
Tinky
Holloway
of
Washington
,
traveling
with
a
party
of
friends
,
had
been
delayed
for
three
hours
;
it
had
been
reported
to
the
chief
engineer
that
Mr
.
Holloway
had
expressed
extreme
displeasure
.
Although
,
from
a
purely
technological
viewpoint
—
said
the
chief
engineer
’
s
report
—
the
rail
of
the
Miami
branch
was
in
better
condition
than
that
of
the
Winston
section
,
one
had
to
remember
,
from
a
sociological
viewpoint
,
that
the
Miami
branch
carried
a
much
more
important
class
of
passenger
traffic
;
therefore
,
the
chief
engineer
suggested
that
Winston
could
be
kept
waiting
a
little
longer
,
and
recommended
the
sacrifice
of
an
obscure
section
of
mountain
trackage
for
the
sake
of
a
branch
where
"
Taggart
Transcontinental
could
not
afford
to
create
an
unfavorable
impression
.
"
She
read
,
slashing
furious
pencil
marks
on
the
margins
of
the
pages
,
thinking
that
her
first
duty
of
the
day
,
ahead
of
any
other
,
was
to
stop
this
particular
piece
of
insanity
.
The
telephone
rang
.
"
Yes
?
"
she
asked
,
snatching
the
receiver
.
"
McNeil
Car
Foundry
?
"
"
No
,
"
said
the
voice
of
her
secretary
.
"
Senor
Francisco
d
’
Anconia
.
"
She
looked
at
the
phone
’
s
mouthpiece
for
the
instant
of
a
brief
shock
.
"
All
right
.
Put
him
on
.
"
The
next
voice
she
heard
was
Francisco
’
s
.
"
I
see
that
you
’
re
in
your
office
just
the
same
,
"
he
said
;
his
voice
was
mocking
,
harsh
and
tense
.
"
Where
did
you
expect
me
to
be
?
"
"
How
do
you
like
the
new
suspension
?
"
