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He
was
within
sight
of
the
western
portal
,
when
he
heard
the
blast
of
the
explosion
,
which
is
the
last
thing
he
remembers
.
The
rest
of
the
story
was
gathered
from
railroad
employees
at
Winston
Station
.
It
appears
that
an
Army
Freight
Special
,
westbound
,
carrying
a
heavy
load
of
explosives
,
had
been
given
no
warning
about
the
presence
of
the
Comet
on
the
track
just
ahead
.
Both
trains
had
encountered
delays
and
were
running
off
their
schedules
.
It
appears
that
the
Freight
Special
had
been
ordered
to
proceed
regardless
of
signals
,
because
the
tunnel
’
s
signal
system
was
out
of
order
.
It
is
said
that
in
spite
of
speed
regulations
and
in
view
of
the
frequent
breakdowns
of
the
ventilating
system
,
it
was
the
tacit
custom
of
all
engineers
to
go
full
speed
while
in
the
tunnel
.
It
appears
,
as
far
as
can
be
established
at
present
,
that
the
Comet
was
stalled
just
beyond
the
point
where
the
tunnel
makes
a
sharp
curve
.
It
is
believed
that
everyone
aboard
was
dead
by
that
time
.
It
is
doubted
that
the
engineer
of
the
Freight
Special
,
turning
a
curve
at
eighty
miles
an
hour
,
would
have
been
able
to
see
,
in
time
,
the
observation
window
of
the
Comet
’
s
last
car
,
which
was
brightly
lighted
when
it
left
Winston
Station
.
What
is
known
is
that
the
Freight
Special
crashed
into
the
rear
of
the
Comet
.
The
explosion
of
the
Special
’
s
cargo
broke
windows
in
a
farmhouse
five
miles
away
and
brought
down
such
a
weight
of
rock
upon
the
tunnel
that
rescue
parties
have
not
yet
been
able
to
come
within
three
miles
of
where
either
train
had
been
.
It
is
not
expected
that
any
survivors
will
be
found
—
and
it
is
not
believed
that
the
Taggart
Tunnel
can
ever
be
rebuilt
.
"
She
stood
still
.
She
looked
as
if
she
were
seeing
,
not
the
room
around
her
,
but
the
scene
in
Colorado
.
Her
sudden
movement
had
the
abruptness
of
a
convulsion
.
With
the
single
-
tracked
rationality
of
a
somnambulist
,
she
whirled
to
find
her
handbag
,
as
if
it
were
the
only
object
in
existence
,
she
seized
it
,
she
whirled
to
the
door
and
ran
.
"
Dagny
!
"
he
screamed
.
"
Don
’
t
go
back
!
"
The
scream
had
no
more
power
to
reach
her
than
if
he
were
calling
to
her
across
the
miles
between
him
and
the
mountains
of
Colorado
.
He
ran
after
her
,
he
caught
her
,
seizing
her
by
both
elbows
,
and
he
cried
,
"
Don
’
t
go
back
!
Dagny
!
In
the
name
of
anything
sacred
to
you
,
don
’
t
go
back
!
"
She
looked
as
if
she
did
not
know
who
he
was
.
In
a
contest
of
physical
strength
,
he
could
have
broken
the
bones
of
her
arms
without
effort
.
But
with
the
force
of
a
living
creature
fighting
for
life
,
she
tore
herself
loose
so
violently
that
she
threw
him
off
balance
for
a
moment
.
When
he
regained
his
footing
,
she
was
running
down
the
hill
—
running
as
he
had
run
at
the
sound
of
the
alarm
siren
in
Rearden
’
s
mills
—
running
to
her
car
on
the
road
below
.
His
letter
of
resignation
lay
on
the
desk
before
him
—
and
James
Taggart
sat
staring
at
it
,
hunched
by
hatred
.
He
felt
as
if
his
enemy
were
this
piece
of
paper
,
not
the
words
on
it
,
but
the
sheet
and
the
ink
that
had
given
the
words
a
material
finality
.
He
had
always
regarded
thoughts
and
words
as
inconclusive
,
but
a
material
shape
was
that
which
he
had
spent
his
life
escaping
:
a
commitment
.
