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== Flight to the Gulch ==

== Flight to the Gulch ==

Quentin Daniels agreed at once to join John Galt in his great strike. John Galt had flown in to the town in which Daniels lived, and now proposed to fly Daniels out to what Galt might have described as a "secret place of rest." The two men climbed into John Galt's aircraft, and John Galt took off.

Quentin Daniels agreed at once to join John Galt in his great strike. John Galt had flown in to Afton, and now proposed to fly Daniels out to what Galt might have described as a "secret place of rest." The two men climbed into John Galt's aircraft, and John Galt took off.

Neither man noticed another aircraft (a Dwight Sanders monoplane) taking off in pursuit. Galt flew into a mountainous region, and probably scared Daniels very badly as he began to descend into what to all appearances was a valley of jagged rocks. But Galt spoke to someone on his radio, and suddenly a green meadow appeared below them. They landed safely, and there Daniels met [[Midas Mulligan]], the owner of what he came to know as [[Galt's Gulch]].

Neither man noticed another aircraft (a Dwight Sanders monoplane) taking off in pursuit. Galt flew into a mountainous region, and probably scared Daniels very badly as he began to descend into what to all appearances was a valley of jagged rocks. But Galt spoke to someone on his radio, and suddenly a green meadow appeared below them. The awestruck Daniels probably asked himself how he could ever have been the "understudy" of such a brilliant physicist and inventor as his pilot obviously was—for Galt explained to him about the refractor-ray screen that provided such an effective disguise.

Daniels would later receive the shocking news that another aircraft ''had'' tried to follow them, and had intercepted the refractor-ray screen responsible for projecting a false vista to any pilot approaching from above. The pilot had spun out of control and had barely regained sufficient control to make a hard belly landing. The pilot was, of course, [[Dagny Taggart]]. To Daniels' immense relief, she was uninjured except for a twisted ankle.

 

Daniels would later receive the shocking news that another aircraft ''had'' tried to follow them, and had intercepted the refractor-ray screen. The pilot had spun out of control and had barely regained sufficient control to make a hard belly landing. The pilot was, of course, [[Dagny Taggart]]. To Daniels' immense relief, she was uninjured except for a twisted ankle and a cracked rib.

== Life in the Gulch ==

== Life in the Gulch ==