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Henry spent half that evening taking orders for Rearden Metal from [[Ellis Wyatt]], Stockton, [[Lawrence Hammond]], and many others. He planned to settle his employees (those who had followed him) in the valley, a process that involved building individual houses for them all. (Galt's Gulch did not have a dedicated homebuilder, but the Rearden workforce could probably build houses for themselves readily enough.) Then he plunged into an effort to rebuild Rearden Steel, knowing that his old plant was now shut down and would soon be in no condition to operate, with government men to try to run it. His estimate of Galt's physics proved correct; the John Galt lecture course proved to be the best practical education he had ever had.
Henry spent half that evening taking orders for Rearden Metal from [[Ellis Wyatt]], Stockton, [[Lawrence Hammond]], and many others. He planned to settle his employees (those who had followed him) in the valley, a process that involved building individual houses for them all. (Galt's Gulch did not have a dedicated homebuilder, but the Rearden workforce could probably build houses for themselves readily enough.) Then he plunged into an effort to rebuild Rearden Steel, knowing that his old plant was now shut down and would soon be in no condition to operate, with government men to try to run it. His estimate of Galt's physics proved correct; the John Galt lecture course proved to be the best practical education he had ever had.
Rearden had his own house built within a week. The first person to call on him, for a highly informal "housewarming," was Ragnar Danneskjold. He arrived on or about November 12, with his last cargo of gold. He reminded Rearden of the last time they had met. Ragnar was furious to learn that Rearden had suffered an injury on the night of his evacuation. Rearden sardonically reminded Ragnar of the risks that Ragnar himself had taken on his and many other men's behalf for twelve years.
But Ragnar also brought a piece of intelligence that would be of immense consequence to the valley residents: [[Mr. Thompson]] was planning to make a speech to the country on "the world crisis" on November 22.
== The decline and shutdown of Rearden Steel ==
== The decline and shutdown of Rearden Steel ==