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           Whenheraisedhishead,hewassmiling.Hesaidonly,"Nowisthetimenottobeafraid."

           Shefollowedhimbacktothegarret.Sheheardthedoorofthelaboratoryclickinglockedbehindthem.

           Heheldhercoatforhersilently,hewaiteduntilshehadtieditsbeltandhadputonherhat—thenhewalkedtotheentrancedoorandopenedit.

           Threeofthefourmenwhoenteredweremuscularfiguresinmilitaryuniforms,eachwithtwogunsonhiships,withbroadfacesdevoidofshapeandeyesuntouchedbyperception.Thefourth,theirleader,wasafrailcivilianwithanexpensiveovercoat,aneatmustache,paleblueeyesandthemannerofanintellectualofthepublic-relationsspecies.

           HeblinkedatGalt,attheroom,madeastepforward,stopped,madeanotherstepandstopped.

           "Yes?"saidGalt.

           "Are...areyouJohnGalt?"heaskedtooloudly.

           "That’smyname."

           "AreyoutheJohnGalt?"

           "Whichone?"

           "Didyouspeakontheradio?"

           "When?"

           "Don’tlethimfoolyou."ThemetallicvoicewasDagny’sanditwasaddressedtotheleader."He—is—John—Galt.Ishallreporttheprooftoheadquarters.Youmayproceed."

           Galtturnedtoherastoastranger.