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== Life in New York ==

== Life in New York ==

When Galt first quit the Twentieth Century, he moved to [[New York City]], rented a garret room in a run-down brownstone, and signed on as a track walker for the [[Taggart Transcontinental Railroad]]. His assignment: the underground tunnels of the Taggart Terminal.

When Galt first quit the Twentieth Century, he moved to [[New York City]] and signed on as a track walker for the [[Taggart Transcontinental Railroad]]. His assignment: the underground tunnels of the Taggart Terminal.

He took all his meals in the underground cafeteria in the Taggart Building. Not long after that, he noticed a junior executive taking his meals in the same place. He didn't take long to cultivate that executive as a friend. His name, of course, was [[Eddie Willers]].

He took all his meals in the underground cafeteria in the Taggart Building. Not long after that, he noticed a junior executive taking his meals in the same place. He didn't take long to cultivate that executive as a friend. His name, of course, was [[Eddie Willers]].

Then, two years into his strike, he saw [[Dagny Taggart]], who by then had become the Operating Vice-President. He fell hard in love with her, and from that day forward would pump Eddie Willers for information whenever he saw him. He would maintain that contact until June of the last year of the strike—the last "vacation month."

Two years into his strike, he saw [[Dagny Taggart]] for the first time. He fell hard in love with her, and from that day forward would pump Eddie Willers for information whenever he saw him. He would maintain that contact until June of the last year of the strike—the last "vacation month."

Every year in June, Galt would meet somewhere with Francisco, Ragnar, and all their recruits. He persuaded [[Professor]] Akston to join him, and labored for a year to persuade William Hastings, his former immediate superior at the [[Twentieth Century Motor Company]] to join the strike. Next he recruited a [[composer]] named [[Richard Halley]].

Every year in June, Galt would meet somewhere with Francisco, Ragnar, and all their recruits. He persuaded [[Professor]] Akston to join him, and labored for a year to persuade William Hastings, his former immediate superior at the [[Twentieth Century Motor Company]] to join the strike. Next he recruited a [[composer]] named [[Richard Halley]].

Then he recruited a man who changed everything, and radically.

Then he recruited a man who changed everything, and radically.

== Galt's Gulch ==

== Galt's Gulch ==

[[Midas Mulligan]], a banker by trade, became embroiled in a lawsuit after he refused a business loan to one Lee Hunsacker, who had bought the old Twentieth Century Motor Company in a fire sale after the Starnes heirs finally ran that company completely into the ground. Hunsacker sued Mulligan. The original trial judge ([[Judge Narragansett]]) found for Mulligan, but that judgment was reversed on appeal. Naturally, John Galt approached Midas ''and'' Judge Narragansett and encouraged them to go on strike.

[[Midas Mulligan]], a banker by trade, became embroiled in a lawsuit after he refused a business loan to one Lee Hunsacker, who had bought the old Twentieth Century Motor Company in a fire sale after the Starnes heirs finally ran that company completely into the ground. Hunsacker sued Mulligan. The original trial judge ([[Judge Narragansett]]) found for Mulligan, but that judgment was reversed on appeal. Naturally, John Galt approached Midas ''and'' Judge Narragansett and encouraged them to go on strike.