Атлант расправил плечи
The Egoist
Shepickeditup—andthen,withinamoment,shewaslaughingsoundlessly,half-kneeling,half-sittingonthefloor,nottomoveoffthatspot,nottodoanythingbutstareatthenotewrittenbyahandsheknew,thehandthathadwrittenitslastmessageonthecalendarabovethecity.Thenotesaid:
Dagny:Sittight.Watchthem.Whenhe’llneedourhelp,callmeatOR6-5693.F.
ThenewspapersofthefollowingmorningadmonishedthepublicnottobelievetherumorsthattherewasanytroubleintheSouthernstates.Theconfidentialreports,senttoMr.Thompson,statedthatarmedfightinghadbrokenoutbetweenGeorgiaandAlabama,forthepossessionofafactorymanufacturingelectricalequipment—afactorycutoffbythefightingandbyblastedrailroadtracksfromanysourceofrawmaterials.
"HaveyoureadtheconfidentialreportsIsentyou?"moanedMr.Thompson,thatevening,facingGaltoncemore.HewasaccompaniedbyJamesTaggart,whohadvolunteeredtomeettheprisonerforthefirsttime.
Galtsatonastraight-backedchair,hislegscrossed,smokingacigarette.Heseemederectandrelaxed,together.Theycouldnotdeciphertheexpressiononhisface,exceptthatitshowednosignofapprehension.
"Ihave,"heanswered.
"There’snotmuchtimeleft,"saidMr.Thompson.
"Thereisn’t.
