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== Return and explanation ==

== Return and explanation ==

Henry learned of Dagny's return from his secretary, who, breathless and barely able to contain herself, announced that Dagny was on the telephone line. Dagny did not at first reveal where she had been for the month during which she had gone.

Henry was at a hotel in Nebraska, preparing to go out on another search run, when he picked up the telephone—and heard Dagny's voice on the other end. She had to call "Hello" to him twice before he could bring himself to answer. Dagny did not at first reveal where she had been for the month during which she had gone.

The explanation would come later, when Dagny was asked to appear on a radio program to extol the "virtuous" deed that Henry had done by signing away his invention. Henry listened to the broadcast in Dagny's apartment, to which he held a key. As he listened, Dagny described their affair in detail, thus taking on herself all the potential embarrassment that he had wanted to spare her by signing that document to begin with. And then, when Bertram Scudder asked her about the relevancy of the affair, she declared that Henry had acted under threat of blackmail. The broadcast was abruptly cut off at that point, but Henry had heard enough.

The explanation would come later, when Dagny was asked to appear on a radio program to extol the "virtuous" deed that Henry had done by signing away his invention. Henry listened to the broadcast in Dagny's apartment, to which he held a key. As he listened, Dagny described their affair in detail, thus taking on herself all the potential embarrassment that he had wanted to spare her by signing that document to begin with. And then, when Bertram Scudder asked her about the relevancy of the affair, she declared that Henry had acted under threat of blackmail. The broadcast was abruptly cut off at that point, but Henry had heard enough.