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The Fountainhead Part 4, Chapter 10

By Ayn Rand

Part 4, Chapter 10

Keating runs into Katie unexpectedly, and the two have coffee together.
Keating is saddened and horrified to see how Katie is now—she seems numbed and her spirit is dead. She works as a social worker for an agency in D.C. and has nothing except her job now.
She says she was hurt horribly over Dominique and nearly had a breakdown.
But then she says she got over it and doesn't bother to fight fate now.
Keating feels bad and tries to apologize, but Katie won't even listen to him or acknowledge that anything is even wrong.
He says doing what you really want is hard, and she tells him not to be selfish.
She then leaves with empty promises to catch up again soon, and Keating feels defeated.