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== October ==

== October ==

In October, the Terminal's signal interlocking system failed. Dagny rushed to the terminal, arranged to hire an engineer from a rival line, and then organized the track walkers and other unskilled laborers into a lantern brigade to move the trains in and out of the Terminal by hand. On that occasion she discovered that John Galt was a Taggart Transcontinental employee, and furthermore was employed in the lowest possible capacity.

In October, the Terminal's signal interlocking system failed. Dagny rushed to the terminal, arranged to hire an engineer from a rival line, and then organized the track walkers and other unskilled laborers into a lantern brigade to move the trains in and out of the Terminal by hand. On that occasion she discovered that John Galt was a Taggart Transcontinental employee, and furthermore was employed in the lowest possible capacity. The two of them at last consummated their own affair, an act that John Galt knew would place him at risk, and said so. He told her that he would wait for her to declare her intention to quit the outer world, and that all she need do was chalk a dollar sign on the plinth of Nathaniel Taggart's statue in the concourse, and he, Galt, would come for her at once.

Toward the end of October, Jim awakened her in the middle of the night to tell her, breathlessly, that Henry Rearden had quit his mills and vanished—and that hundreds of his employees had vanished after him when his disappearance became known. Jim begged Dagny to somehow bring Henry back, but Dagny said that she could not bring him back, and wouldn't if she could.

On the morning of November 5, Dagny awoke at ten o'clock in the morning to an incessant ringing. She found Jim Taggart outside, leaning against the doorbell button. He told her, breathlessly, that Henry Rearden had quit his mills and vanished—and that "a whole bunch" of his employees had vanished after him when his disappearance became known. Jim begged Dagny to somehow bring Henry back, but Dagny said that she could not bring him back, and wouldn't if she could.

Not long after Rearden's disappearance, Dagny received a cryptic note from him. It read only, "I have met him. I don't blame you." Dagny realized at once that Henry Rearden could only have been talking about [[John Galt]]. She little realized that the entire country would soon "meet" John Galt, if only at a distance.

Not long after Rearden's disappearance, Dagny received a cryptic note from him. It read only, "I have met him. I don't blame you." Dagny realized at once that Henry Rearden could only have been talking about [[John Galt]]. She little realized that the entire country would soon "meet" John Galt, if only at a distance.