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           "Ihaven’tgivenuptheworldaslost."

           "Itisn’t.Itnevercanbe.ButohGod!—whathewouldhavesparedus!"

           "Well,Iguesswehavetofight,nomatterwhaterawe’recaughtin."

           "Yes...Youknow,Mr.Rearden,Iwouldsuggestthatyougetatranscriptofyourtrialandreadwhatyousaid.Thenseewhetheryouarepracticingitfullyandconsistently—ornot."

           "YoumeanthatI’mnot?"

           "Seeforyourself."

           "Iknowthatyouhadagreatdealtotellme,whenwewereinterrupted,thatnightatthemills.Whydon’tyoufinishwhatyouhadtosay?"

           "No.It’stoosoon."

           Franciscoactedasiftherewerenothingunusualaboutthisvisit,asifhetookitasamatterofnaturalcourse—ashehadalwaysactedinRearden’spresence.ButReardennotedthathewasnotsocalmashewishedtoappear;hewaspacingtheroom,inamannerthatseemedareleaseforanemotionhedidnotwanttoconfess;hehadforgottenthelampanditstillstoodonthefloorastheroom’ssoleillumination.

           "You’vebeentakinganawfulbeatinginthewayofdiscoveries,haven’tyou?"saidFrancisco,"Howdidyoulikethebehaviorofyourfellowbusinessmen?"

           "Isupposeitwastobeexpected.