Atlas Shrugged, Part 1, Chapter 8, Section 1: Previous Next?
Dagny Taggart is getting really pissed off at Rearden. As she slides on her cowboy boots and loads her six-shooter, she ponders what she can do to get back at that dirty bastard for lying to her. No one has ever refused her womanly charms... except for that one time when she ran out of amphetamines and started getting fat she had to pay one of the railroad workers to satisfy her womanly needs. Dagny stands staring out the window of her New York apartment, coughing and wheezing while puffing her cigarette. The Marxists, the damn Marxists, she thinks. They hunted her down in Russia and now they were after her again in the United States. But she is strong. She can defeat them. She considers her options. She thinks: I could go down to the Saloon and hire some Injuns to go rough Rearden up. He would see things a bit differently after his jaw is broken and his beautiful face is permanently scarred. Yes, an excellent plan indeed. She saddles up her horse and heads off towards the saloon. Meanwhile, at the Union Looters Local 120 Headquarters, Rearden's wife Lillian talks a hairy man named Karl. "I need more poison, I'm concerned that he may be realizing what I'm doing to him," she says. The man frowns and says "Damned capitalists! I'll order up another batch from the Politburo. After he swallows this he'll never disobey us again!" Lillian swoons and falls into Karl's arms. He smiles and brushes her hair back from her face. "I love you, Lillian." he says. She opens her eyes and whispers, "Have you seen the hammer and sickle tattoo on my thigh?"
Dagny's apartment in New York and the Union Headquarters in Philadelphia. |
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