Атлант расправил плечи
The Exploiters and the Exploited
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"Youusedtobeabetterpsychologistthanthat."
"Whatdoyoumean?"
"WhyshouldIgiveadamnaboutsavingTaggartTranscontinental?
Don’tyouknowthatIwanttohaveabridgeofReardenMetaltoshowthecountry?"
"Yes,Hank.Iknowit."
"TherearetoomanypeopleyelpingthatrailsofReardenMetalareunsafe.SoIthoughtI’dgivethemsomethingrealtoyelpabout.LetthemseeabridgeofReardenMetal."
Shelookedathimandlaughedaloudinsimpledelight.
"Nowwhat’sthat?"heasked.
"Hank,Idon’tknowanyone,notanyoneintheworld,who’dthinkofsuchananswertopeople,insuchcircumstances—exceptyou."
"Whataboutyou?Wouldyouwanttomaketheanswerwithmeandfacethesamescreaming?"
"YouknewIwould."
"Yes.Iknewit."
Heglancedather,hiseyesnarrowed;hedidnotlaughasshehad,buttheglancewasanequivalent.
Sherememberedsuddenlytheirlastmeeting,attheparty.Thememoryseemedincredible.Theireasewitheachother—thestrange,light-headedfeeling,whichincludedtheknowledgethatitwastheonlysenseofeaseeitherofthemfoundanywhere—madethethoughtofhostilityimpossible.Yetsheknewthatthepartyhadtakenplace;heactedasifithadnot.
Theywalkedtotheedgeofthecanyon.
