Bill, you mention her Christian imagery. I don’t know if this is mentioned earlier, but I can’t shake the similarity between the 3 Amigos (Galt, D’Anconia, and Danneskold) and the Holy Trinity (God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost, respectively). In this chapter we see Francisco sacrificing/being sacrificed in some sense. The only one of the 3 we really see in the real world working issues is Francisco, and you certainly have the feeling that his love for Dagney is not going to end well in the end. We saw Ragnar once, but the rest of his time is spent “out there”, unseen while doing his deeds. Francisco seems to be the one suffering in a real sense for what they’re doing.
Not exact, but it’s certainly close enough that I noticed it. Kind of ironic for the Objectivist.
Hmmm. And Francisco seems almost worshipful of Galt, where Galt’s attitude toward Francisco seems more affectionate/supportive/generous, but without the abject veneration.