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           Youhavenosenseofthehumanelementatall." 

           "We’retalkingaboutsavingarailroad,Jim." 

           "Yes,ofcourse,ofcourse,butstill,youhaven’tanysenseofthehumanelement." 

           "No.Ihaven’t." 

           "IfwegiveReardensuchalargeorderforsteelrails—" 

           "They’renotgoingtobesteel.They’reReardenMetal." 

           Shehadalwaysavoidedpersonalreactions,butshewasforcedtobreakherrulewhenshesawtheexpressiononTaggart’sface.Sheburstoutlaughing. 

           ReardenMetalwasanewalloy,producedbyReardenaftertenyearsofexperiments. Hehadplaceditonthemarketrecently. Hehadreceivednoordersandhadfoundnocustomers. 

           TaggartcouldnotunderstandthetransitionfromthelaughtertothesuddentoneofDagny’svoice;thevoicewascoldandharsh: "Dropit,Jim.Iknoweverythingyou’regoingtosay.Nobody’severuseditbefore.NobodyapprovesofReardenMetal.Nobody’sinterestedinit.Nobodywantsit.Still,ourrailsaregoingtobemadeofReardenMetal." 

           "But..."saidTaggart,"but...butnobody’severuseditbefore!" 

           Heobserved,withsatisfaction,thatshewassilencedbyanger. Helikedtoobserveemotions;theywerelikeredlanternsstrungalongthedarkunknownofanother’spersonality,markingvulnerablepoints. Buthowonecouldfeelapersonalemotionaboutametalalloy,andwhatsuchanemotionindicated,wasincomprehensibletohim;sohecouldmakenouseofhisdiscovery.