Атлант расправил плечи
By our love
Theassignmenttoresthadbeeneasier.Shefoundthatshelikedthesolitude;sheawakenedinthemorningwithafeelingofconfidentbenevolence,thesensethatshecouldventureforthandbewillingtodealwithwhatevershefound.Inthecity,shehadlivedinchronictensiontowithstandtheshockofanger,indignation,disgust,contempt.
Theonlydangertothreatenherherewasthesimplepainofsomephysicalaccident;itseemedinnocentandeasybycomparison,Thecabinwasfarfromanytraveledroad;ithadremainedasherfatherhadleftit.Shecookedhermealsonawood-burningstoveandgatheredthewoodonthehillsides.Sheclearedthebrushfromunderherwalls,shereshingledtheroof,sherepaintedthedoorandtheframesofthewindows.Rains,weedsandbrushhadswallowedthestepsofwhathadoncebeenaterracedpathrisingupthehillfromtheroadtothecabin.Sherebuiltit,clearingtheterraces,re-layingthestones,bracingthebanksofsoftearthwithwallsofboulders.Itgaveherpleasuretodevisecomplexsystemsofleversandpulleysoutofoldscrapsofironandrope,thentomoveweightsofrockthatweremuchbeyondherphysicalpower.Sheplantedafewseedsofnasturtiumsandmorningglories,toseeonespreadingslowlyoverthegroundandtheotherclimbingupthetreetrunks,toseethemgrow,toseeprogressionandmovement.
