Part 1, Chapter 4, Section 4

James Taggart returns to his office to find Orren Boyle waiting for him (p 73 s 144). Boyle confirms “d’Anconia’s lost fifteen million dollars of his own money in those mines” and nobody knows what d’Anconia will do about it. James is convinced d’Anconia will “get the last word” and that James and Boyle must make sure they are “in on” whatever d’Anconia has on the “Greaser politicians.” Boyle places this responsibility on James — “You’re his friend” “Friend be damned! I hate his guts.”– but James is stunned when his secretary is unable to secure him an appointment with d’Anconia. “Señor d’Anconia said that you bore him, Mr. Taggart.”