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           Thebondholders,shethought,thebondholdersoftheJohnGaltLine—itwastoherhonorthattheyhadentrustedtheirmoney,thesavingandachievementofyears,itwasonherabilitythattheyhadstakedit,itwasonherworkthattheyhadreliedandontheirown—andshehadbeenmadetobetraythemintoalooters’trap:therewouldbenotrainsandnolife-bloodoffreight,theJohnGaltLinehadbeenonlyadrainpipethathadpermittedJimTaggarttomakeadealandtodraintheirwealth,unearned,intohispocket,inexchangeforlettingothersdrainhisrailroad—thebondsoftheJohnGaltLine,which,thismorning,hadbeentheproudguardiansoftheirowners’securityandfuture,hadbecomeinthespaceofanhour,scrapsofpaperthatnoonewouldbuy,withnovalue,nofuture,nopower,savethepowertoclosethedoorsandstopthewheelsofthelasthopeofthecountry—andTaggartTranscontinentalwasnotalivingplant,fedbybloodithadworkedtoproduce,butacannibalofthemoment,devouringtheunbornchildrenofgreatness.