Atlas_Shrugged|Section142

*Plot summary

James Taggart awakes at noon, hungover, in his apartment with Betty Pope, with whom he is having a romanceless sexual affair. He brags about how he is going to bring down Dagny Taggart for what she did to the San Sebastian Line. But before he has a chance to do this, he receives a call from his man in Mexico telling him the line and the San Sebastian Mines have been nationalized, just as Dagny predicted.

• Setting

The apartment of James Taggart.

• Characters

Betty Pope

Board of Directors

Dagny Taggart: Mentioned.

James Taggart

Jock Benson

Jules Mott

Liz Blane