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The Non-commercial
"Ofcourse"—andLillianturningaway,nothingmore,excepttheshamefulrealizationthathehadalmosthopedshewouldthinkhehadattendedsomesortofobscenestagparty....AnorecarrierhadgonedowninastormonLakeMichigan,withthousandsoftonsofReardenore—thoseboatswerefallingapart—ifhedidn’ttakeituponhimselftohelpthemobtainthereplacementstheyneeded,theownersofthelinewouldgobankrupt,andtherewasnootherlineleftinoperationonLakeMichigan...."Thatnook?"saidLillian,pointingtoanarrangementofsetteesandcoffeetablesintheirdrawingroom."Why,no,Henry,it’snotnew,butIsupposeIshouldfeelflatteredthatthreeweeksisallittookyoutonoticeit.It’smyownadaptationofthemorningroomofafamousFrenchpalace-butthingslikethatcan’tpossiblyinterestyou,darling,there’snostockmarketquotationonthem,nonewhatever."...Theorderforcopper,whichhehadplacedsixmonthsago,hadnotbeendelivered,thepromiseddatehadbeenpostponedthreetimes—"Wecan’thelpit,Mr.Rearden"—hehadtofindanothercompanytodealwith,thesupplyofcopperwasbecomingincreasinglyuncertain....
