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Francisco did not have to wait long. During the abortive presentation of the "John Galt Plan for Peace and Prosperity," John Galt made a rapid movement on a stage so that millions of people, watching on the still-new medium of [[television]], would see plainly that someone had been holding a [[gun]] on him. Galt then said, "Get...out of my way." After that, the authorities stopped transmission.

Francisco did not have to wait long. During the abortive presentation of the "John Galt Plan for Peace and Prosperity," John Galt made a rapid movement on a stage so that millions of people, watching on the still-new medium of [[television]], would see plainly that someone had been holding a [[gun]] on him. Galt then said, "Get...out of my way." After that, the authorities stopped transmission.

Dagny called Francisco almost immediately afterward. She warned him that the authorities were going to fly Galt to the [[State Science Institute]] campus near Lyme, [[New Hampshire]], and there put him to the torture. Francisco instructed Dagny to go back to her apartment, change clothes, pack up her jewelry, valuables, and some warm clothing, and meet her in forty minutes at a corner near the Terminal. En route to the rendez-vous point, Francisco noticed a number of people fleeing New York, with their personal belongings lashed to the roofs of their cars, after hearing that a malfunction at the notorious "Project X" had destroyed the Taggart Bridge across the [[Mississippi River]]. Dagny came to him on time, and, hand upraised, declaimed,{{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.}}

Dagny called Francisco almost immediately afterward. She warned him that the authorities were going to fly Galt to the [[State Science Institute]] campus near Lyme, [[New Hampshire]], and there put him to the torture. Francisco instructed Dagny to go back to her apartment, change clothes, pack up her jewelry, valuables, and some warm clothing, and meet him in forty minutes at a corner near the Terminal. En route to the rendez-vous point, Francisco noticed a number of people fleeing New York, with their personal belongings lashed to the roofs of their cars, after hearing that a malfunction at the notorious "Project X" had destroyed the Taggart Bridge across the [[Mississippi River]]. Dagny came to him on time, and, hand upraised, declaimed,{{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.}}

Dagny and Francisco got off Manhattan in a hurry, but not by the usual route. How they got to Francisco's aircraft, or even where that aircraft rested, the novel does not make clear. Obviously the entire Galt's Gulch Militia had to decamp with them.

Dagny and Francisco got off Manhattan in a hurry, but not by the usual route. How they got to Francisco's aircraft, or even where that aircraft rested, the novel does not make clear. Obviously the entire Galt's Gulch Militia had to decamp with them.