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This was enough for Dagny, who managed to walk away unnoticed. She called Francisco and gave him all the intelligence she had. Then she went straight to her apartment and packed a bag, and then went to the Terminal to recover two pieces of jewelry that she would take with her: the bracelet of Rearden Metal that she had bought at that long-ago anniversary party, and a gold five-dollar piece that was part of her wages as a cook and maid in John Galt's house in Galt's Gulch.

This was enough for Dagny, who managed to walk away unnoticed. She called Francisco and gave him all the intelligence she had. Then she went straight to her apartment and packed a bag, and then went to the Terminal to recover two pieces of jewelry that she would take with her: the bracelet of Rearden Metal that she had bought at that long-ago anniversary party, and a gold five-dollar piece that was part of her wages as a cook and maid in John Galt's house in Galt's Gulch.

While she was gathering these items, an employee rushed in to report that the [[Taggart Bridge]] over the [[Mississippi River]] had been destroyed in one second, apparently by a malfunction (or so the employee half understood) at [[Project X]]. As she had when she had heard about the [[Taggart Tunnel]] disaster, she thought first about taking command and perhaps commissioning some kind of ferry service across the Mississippi. But this time she forced herself to put down the telephone that she had snatched up almost by instinct, and declared that this time, even she did not know what to do.

While she was gathering these items, an employee rushed in to report that the [[Taggart Bridge]] over the [[Mississippi River]] had been destroyed in one second, and with it everything within a one-hundred-mile radius of the [[Project X]] installation, apparently by a malfunction (or so the employee half understood) of the Xylophone. As she had when she had heard about the [[Taggart Tunnel]] disaster, she thought first about taking command and perhaps commissioning some kind of ferry service across the Mississippi. But this time she forced herself to put down the telephone that she had snatched up almost by instinct, and declared that this time, even she did not know what to do.

As soon as she was left alone, she left the Terminal for the last time. She stopped briefly at the plinth of the statue of Nathaniel Taggart that commanded the courtyard. Using a lipstick, she drew a dollar sign at the foot of the statue in a final salute. Francisco d'Anconia met her there, and she raised her right hand and swore the oath that John Galt had written thirteen years before:{{cquote|I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.}}

As soon as she was left alone, she left the Terminal for the last time. She stopped briefly at the plinth of the statue of Nathaniel Taggart that commanded the courtyard. Using a lipstick, she drew a dollar sign at the foot of the statue in a final salute. Francisco d'Anconia met her there, and she raised her right hand and swore the oath that John Galt had written thirteen years before:{{cquote|I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.}}