Атлант расправил плечи
The Sign of the Dollar
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"Onlyonefreightinsevenhours?"Hesaiditinvoluntarily,withanoteofoutragedloyaltytothegreatrailroadhehadoncebeenproudtoserve.
Hermouthmovedinthebriefsnapofasmile."Ourtranscontinentaltrafficisnotwhatitwasinyourday."
Henoddedslowly."Idon’tsupposethereareanyKansasWesterntrainscomingtonight,either?"
"Ican’trememberoffhand,butIthinknot."
Heglancedatthepolesbythesideofthetrack."IhopethattheKansasWesternpeoplehavekepttheirphonesinorder."
"Youmeanthatthechancesaretheyhaven’t,ifwejudgebythestateoftheirtrack.Butwe’llhavetotryit."
"Yes."
Sheturnedtogo,butstopped.Sheknewitwasuselesstocomment,butthewordscameinvoluntarily."Youknow,"shesaid,"it’sthoselanternsourmenputbehindthetraintoprotectusthat’sthehardestthingtotake.They...theyfeltmoreconcernforhumanlivesthantheircountryhadshownfortheirs."
Hisswiftglanceatherwaslikeashotofdeliberateemphasis,thenheansweredgravely,"Yes,MissTaggart."
Climbingdowntheladderonthesideoftheengine,theysawaclusterofpassengersgatheredbythetrackandmorefiguresemergingfromthetraintojointhem.
