The story so far has acquired
quite a bit of drama. Dagny continued on her quest to find the evidence of the
engineers of the motor company with Rearden. Her persistence is admirable,
though unfortunately not rewarded. She is finally able to learn the name of the
chief engineer and an address. Dagny goes to find that the chief engineer had
died years ago. However, Dagny was able to find out that it was the chief
engineer's assistant that had made the motor. Based on a night when the
engineer's wife saw two of his co-workers and a trip to the mountains, Dagny
was able to acquire the name of a person who knew the assistant.
The anticipation of finally knowing the maker of the motor made the story quite
enjoyable. Dagny goes to the location which this co-worker was.
Once the name of the co-worker is
revealed a whole slew of questions come up. Why is this famous philosopher a
cook in some remote diner? Why will he not accept Dagny’s business proposal?
The philosopher acts suspiciously when he refuses to give Dagny the name of the
young assistant. Intrigue was also raised at the mention of the philosopher’s
three prodigal students. At first, I believe the motor to be made by Francisco
because of his natural talent at everything he does, but the philosopher
refuses to give the name of the third student. This leads me to believe that
this third student is the one that invented the motor and for some reason,
abandoned it. I am interested to know why this happened and if this ties in
with the secret Francisco refuses to tell Dagny.
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