Атлант расправил плечи

           "

           No—thoughtDagny—no,apartfromthesickeningfeelingitgaveher,thiscasewasnotmuchworsethananyoftheotherthingsthatMidasMulliganhadborneforyears.Hehadtakenmanylossesunderlawsofasimilarjustice,underrulesandedictsthathadcosthimmuchlargersumsofmoney;hehadbornethemandfoughtandworkedtheharder;itwasnotlikelythatthiscasehadbrokenhim.

           "WhathappenedtoJudgeNarragansett?"sheaskedinvoluntarily,andwonderedwhatsubconsciousconnectionhadmadeheraskit.SheknewlittleaboutJudgeNarragansett,butshehadheardandrememberedhisname,becauseitwasanamethatbelongedsoexclusivelytotheNorthAmericancontinent.Nowsherealizedsuddenlythatshehadheardnothingabouthimforyears.

           "Oh,heretired,"saidLeeHunsacker.

           "Hedid?"Thequestionwasalmostagasp.

           "Yeah."

           "When?"

           "Oh,aboutsixmonthslater."

           "Whatdidhedoafterheretired?"

           "Idon’tknow.Idon’tthinkanybody’sheardfromhimsince."

           Hewonderedwhyshelookedfrightened.Partofthefearshefelt,wasthatshecouldnotnameitsreason,either."Pleasetellmeaboutthemotorfactory,"shesaidwitheffort.