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The Egoist
"Wehaveabouthalfanhour,Ithink.Iknowwhyyoucamehere.Itoldyouthatitwouldbehardtostandandthatyouwouldbelikelytobreak.Don’tregretit.Yousee?—Ican’tregretit,either.Butnow,wehavetoknowhowtoact,fromhereon.Inabouthalfanhour,thelooters’agents,whofollowedyou,willbeheretoarrestme."
"Ohno!"shegasped.
"Dagny,whoeveramongthemhadanyremnantofhumanperceptivenesswouldknowthatyou’renotoneofthem,thatyou’retheirlastlinktome,andwouldnotletyououtofhissight—orthesightofhisspies."
"Iwasn’tfollowed!Iwatched,I—"
"Youwouldn’tknowhowtonoticeit.Sneakingisoneartthey’reexpertat.Whoeverfollowedyouisreportingtohisbossesrightnow.
Yourpresenceinthisdistrict,atthishour,mynameontheboarddownstairs,thefactthatIworkforyourrailroad—it’senoughevenforthemtoconnect."
"Thenlet’sgetoutofhere!"
Heshookhishead."They’vesurroundedtheblockbynow.Yourfollowerwouldhaveeverypolicemaninthedistrictathisimmediatecall.NowIwantyoutoknowwhatyou’llhavetodowhentheycomehere.Dagny,youhaveonlyonechancetosaveme.IfyoudidnotquiteunderstandwhatIsaidontheradioaboutthemaninthemiddle,you’llunderstanditnow.Thereisnomiddleforyoutotake.Andyoucannottakemyside,notsolongaswe’reintheirhands.
