This chapter adds to the mystery that Rand is building. How can a genius of Francisco’s stature sink $15 million of his own money into a worthless project? How can a man who formerly worshipped production now enjoy the destruction of industrial enterprises? Dagny can’t fathom the reasons. Many people in this book utter the phrase, “Who is John Galt?,” but the question raised in this chapter is, “Who is Francisco d’Anconia?” What could induce such a giant to degenerate into a dissolute playboy and, far worse, an engine of destruction? At this point in the story, an answer to the question doesn’t yet exist.
