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The Exploiters and the Exploited
"Dagny,youwanttocrawl?Youdon’tknowwhatthewordmeansandneverwill.Onedoesn’tcrawlbyacknowledgingitashonestlyasthat.Don’tyousupposeIknowthatyourbeggingmewasthebravestthingyoucoulddo?But...Don’taskme,Dagny."
"InthenameofanythingIevermeanttoyou..."shewhispered,"anythingleftwithinyou..."
Inthemomentwhenshethoughtthatshehadseenthislookbefore,thatthiswasthewayhehadlookedagainstthenightglowofthecity,whenhelayinbedbyhersideforthelasttime—sheheardhiscry,thekindofcryshehadnevertornfromhimbefore:"Mylove,Ican’t!"
Then,astheylookedateachother,bothshockedintosilencebyastonishment,shesawthechangeinhisface.Itwasascrudelyabruptasifhehadthrownaswitch.Helaughed,hemovedawayfromherandsaid,hisvoicejarringlyoffensivebybeingcompletelycasuaclass="underline""Pleaseexcusethemixtureinstylesofexpression.I’vebeensupposedtosaythattosomanywomen,butonsomewhatdifferentoccasions."
Herheaddropped,shesathuddledtighttogether,notcaringthathesawit.
Whensheraisedherhead,shelookedathimindifferently."Allright,Francisco.Itwasagoodact.Ididbelieveit.IfthatwasyourownwayofhavingthekindoffunIwasofferingyou,yousucceeded.
Iwon’taskyouforanything."
"Iwarnedyou.
