This encounter is the last straw for Cherryl, who throws herself into the river and drowns. A social worker accosts her and preaches that her despair is caused by selfishness. She races blindly out of their home and into the street. Cherryl understands that her husband is a killer who thrives on crippling people's spirits. In the ensuing argument, his motive for marrying her becomes clear. Taggart tells her that he'll never grant her a divorce he'll use his connections to prevent one, so Cherryl is stuck with him for life. Rearden, Lillian has sex with Taggart.Ĭherryl returns home and knows that her husband has been unfaithful. In an attempt to hurt her husband one last time while she is still Mrs. But Taggart has no power to prevent the divorce. She pleads with Taggart to use his political pull to prevent her impending divorce from Rearden, which will cut her off without a penny.

Cherryl, disgusted by her husband's desire to break Francisco's spine, leaves their apartment. In the year since her wedding to Jim, she has discovered the truth about him and is tortured by the question of why he married her. However, Cherryl refuses to celebrate such a victory. Taggart will sell his shares of d'Anconia Copper and buy stock in the new company, which will earn him a fortune. The politicians have set up a new corporation to manage all the industrial properties of South America. Taggart has helped bring to fruition a deal between American, Argentinean, and Chilean politicians, whereby all the holdings of d'Anconia Copper in those South American countries will be nationalized. In several weeks, Argentina will be declared a People's State. The Role of the Common Man in Atlas Shrugged: The Eddie Willers Story.The Role of the Mind in Human Life in Atlas Shrugged.

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