Атлант расправил плечи
Account Overdrawn
"HelookedstraightatTaggart;hemerelylooked,buthisglancehadthequalityofawink.
"There’sanawfullotofthem,Jim.They’renotveryhappyatthemomentaboutanawfullotofthings.Agovernmentthatwouldbringtherailroadratesdownwouldmakealotoffolksgrateful."
Thesilencethatansweredhimwaslikeaholesodeepthatnosoundcouldbeheardofthethingscrashingdowntoitsbottom.Taggartknew,astheyallknew,towhatdisinterestedmotiveMr.Mouchwouldalwaysbereadytosacrificehispersonalfriendships.
Itwasthesilenceandthefactthatshedidnotwanttosayit,hadcomehereresolvednottospeak,butcouldnotresistit,thatmadeDagny’svoicesoundsovibrantlyharsh:"Gotwhatyou’vebeenaskingfor,alltheseyears,gentlemen?"
Theswiftnesswithwhichtheireyesmovedtoherwasaninvoluntaryanswertoanunexpectedsound,buttheswiftnesswithwhichtheymovedaway—tolookdownatthetable,atthewalls,anywherebutather—wastheconsciousanswertothemeaningofthesounds.
Inthesilenceofthenextmoment,shefelttheirresentmentlikeastarchthickeningtheairoftheroom,andsheknewthatitwasnotresentmentagainstMr.Weatherby,butagainsther.Shecouldhaveborneit,iftheyhadmerelyletherquestiongounanswered;butwhatmadeherfeelasickeningtightnessinherstomach,wastheirdoublefraudofpretendingtoignoreherandthenansweringintheirownkindofmanner.
