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"Aren’tyouevadingaresponsibility?"
"Whatisitthatyouthinkyou’redoing?"Shespokeevenly,addressingthemall."Areyoucountingonmynotsayingthattheresponsibilityisyours,thatitwasyourgoddamnpoliciesthatbroughtuswhereweare?Well,I’msayingit."
"MissTaggart,MissTaggart,"saidthechairmaninatoneofpleadingreproach,"thereshouldn’tbeanyhardfeelingsamongus.Doesitmatternowwhowastoblame?Wedon’twanttoquarreloverpastmistakes.Wemustallpulltogetherasateamtocarryourrailroadthroughthisdesperateemergency."
Agray-hairedmanofpatricianbearing,whohadremainedsilentthroughoutthesession,withalookofthequietlybitterknowledgethattheentireperformancewasfutile,glancedatDagnyinawaywhichwouldhavebeensympathyhadhestillfeltaremnantofhope.Hesaid,raisinghisvoicejustenoughtobetrayanoteofcontrolledindignation,"Mr.Chairman,ifitispracticalsolutionsthatweareconsidering,Ishouldliketosuggestthatwediscussthelimitationplaceduponthelengthandspeedofourtrains.Ofanysinglepractice,thatisthemostdisastrousone.Itsrepealwouldnotsolveallofourproblems,butitwouldbeanenormousrelief.Withthedesperateshortageofmotivepowerandtheappallingshortageoffuel,itiscriminalinsanitytosendanengineoutontheroadwithsixtycarswhenitcouldpullahundredandtotakefourdaysonarunwhichcouldbemadeinthree.
