Atlas Shrugged, Part 1, Chapter 7, section 1:
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Dagny Taggart visits the construction site of the
Rio Norte Line near the
Wyatt oil fields. Construction is being supervised by
Ben Nealy, who is incompetent but the best contractor Dagny could find. She meets
Ellis Wyatt who indicates he now knows what she is, and that he respects her.
Rearden is also on hand, designing a [Rearden Metal bridge]
? to show off his new metal. The two get along as they always had, as if the
party had never happened.
Rearden mentions he is flying back east, and Dagny asks if she can go back with him. He tells her no, because he is flying to Minnesota before heading to New York. Later at the airfield, Dagny discovers Rearden was lying -- that he did fly straight to New York. Dagny has no clue why Rearden would flat out lie to her.
Laying of the new
Rio Norte Line track near the
Wyatt oil fields in
Colorado.
Airport attendant 1
Ben Nealy
Chief Engineer 2
Dagny Taggart
Ellis Wyatt
Francisco d'Anconia - mentioned
Hank Rearden
Dick McNamara - mentioned.
Mr. Coleman - mentioned.
Mr. Mowen
Nat Taggart's son - mentioned.
Orren Boyle - mentioned
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