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That news caused a panic throughout the city of New York, in which residents fled the city with all their belongings lashed to their automobile roofs. In the middle of this panic, Francisco picked Dagny up, and she, Francisco, Rearden, and Danneskjold got away in Danneskjold's aircraft.

That news caused a panic throughout the city of New York, in which residents fled the city with all their belongings lashed to their automobile roofs. In the middle of this panic, Francisco picked Dagny up, and she, Francisco, Rearden, and Danneskjold got away in Danneskjold's aircraft.

The council of war that the Galt's Gulch Committee of Safety (now consisting of Dagny Taggart, Francisco d'Anconia, Ragnar Danneskjold, and Henry Rearden) was tense. The militia had been camped in New York, but had hesitated to storm the Wayne-Falkland Hotel, in fear that the authorities would simply kill John Galt before they could get halfway up the building. An assault on the State Science Institute would be easier, but not by much. In the end, the Committee decided to go in as a four-person spearhead and attempt the rescue alone. Danneskjold ordered his infantry to stay behind in reserve. He placed Ellis Wyatt in command, with orders to post guards throughout the trees that surrounded the Institute campus. Then the four went in to attempt the rescue.

The council of war that the Galt's Gulch Committee of Safety (now consisting of Dagny Taggart, Francisco d'Anconia, Ragnar Danneskjold, and Henry Rearden) now held was tense. The militia had camped in New York, but had hesitated to storm the Wayne-Falkland Hotel, in fear that the authorities would simply kill John Galt before they could get halfway up the building. An assault on the State Science Institute would be easier, but not by much. In the end, the Committee decided to go in as a four-person spearhead and attempt the rescue alone. Danneskjold ordered his infantry to stay behind in reserve. He placed Ellis Wyatt in command, with orders to post guards throughout the trees that surrounded the Institute campus, and to storm the building that housed "Project F" if the four did not make it out. Then the four went in to attempt the rescue.

They got in with surprising ease. Henry Rearden was in fact the only casualty; he suffered a flesh wound. But of the sixteen-member garrison, the rescuers killed four and incapacitated the rest. They released Galt from the electroshock device to which the government men had strapped him, and hustled him out as fast as they could move (though Danneskjold took time to destroy the torture apparatus). They took off and headed back to the valley for the last time.

They got in with surprising ease. Henry Rearden was in fact the only casualty; he suffered a flesh wound. But of the sixteen-member garrison, the rescuers killed four and incapacitated the rest. They released Galt from the electroshock device to which the government men had strapped him, and hustled him out as fast as they could move (though Danneskjold took time to destroy the torture apparatus). They took off and headed back to the valley for the last time.