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The John Galt line
"Hervoicesoundedearnest,but,dangerously,abittooearnest.
"Thenewspapershavesuddenlydiscoveredmeandareaskingquestions.
I’mgoingtoanswerthem."
"Haveagoodtime."
"Iwill.Areyougoingtobeintowntomorrow?I’dliketohaveyouinonit."
"Okay.Iwouldn’twanttomissit."
ThereporterswhocametothepressconferenceintheofficeoftheJohnGaltLinewereyoungmenwhohadbeentrainedtothinkthattheirjobconsistedofconcealingfromtheworldthenatureofitsevents.Itwastheirdailydutytoserveasaudienceforsomepublicfigurewhomadeutterancesaboutthepublicgood,inphrasescarefullychosentoconveynomeaning.Itwastheirdailyjobtoslingwordstogetherinanycombinationtheypleased,solongasthewordsdidnotfallintoasequencesayingsomethingspecific.Theycouldnotunderstandtheinterviewnowbeinggiventothem.
DagnyTaggartsatbehindherdeskinanofficethatlookedlikeaslumbasement.Sheworeadarkbluesuitwithawhiteblouse,beautifullytailored,suggestinganairofformal,almostmilitaryelegance.Shesatstraight,andhermannerwasseverelydignified,justashadetoodignified.
Reardensatinacorneroftheroom,sprawledacrossabrokenarmchair,hislonglegsthrownoveroneofitsarms,hisbodyleaningagainsttheother.Hismannerwaspleasantlyinformal,justabittooinformal.
