Before Francisco could explain further, Henry Rearden let himself in. The two men were each shocked to confront the other in this place of all places. They argued—about Dagny—and finally Henry, realizing at once that Francisco had been Dagny's original lover (a secret she had never before revealed to him), Rearden struck Francisco in a jealous rage. Francisco almost brutally restrained himself from striking back, and then left without another word. | Before Francisco could explain further, Henry Rearden let himself in. The two men were each shocked to confront the other in this place of all places. They argued—about Dagny—and finally Henry, realizing at once that Francisco had been Dagny's original lover (a secret she had never before revealed to him), Rearden struck Francisco in a jealous rage. Francisco almost brutally restrained himself from striking back, and then left without another word. |