The Fountainhead Page #2

You haven't had any clients for a year.

You're wrong, Peter.

For a year and a half.

Well, you might have a couple

of hundred dollars left and then it's the end.

I have $ 14 left and...

...57 cents.

And all those bills?

It's an unpaid electric light bill?

It's a disconnect notice and in the drawer,

you'll find an eviction notice.

How do you expect to go on?

That's my concern and not yours.

Now, don't protest, Howard.

You can pay me back anytime.

You need it.

Thank you, Peter.

I don't need it.

But I want to help you.

I don't give or ask for help.

Oh, why don't you drop it?

- What?

- The pose.

Or the ideals, if you prefer.

You can't stand alone. Give in.

Learn to get along with people.

Design the kind of buildings everybody

does, then you'll be rich, famous.

You'll be admired.

You'll be one of us.

Is that what disturbs you

about me, Peter?

That I want to stand alone?

Is that it?

I don't know.

Go home, Peter.

It's getting late.

- Have you lost your watch, Howard?

- I hocked it.

Good night.

Good luck.

- Hello?

- Mr. Roark?

- Yes.

- I promised our answer today, Mr. Roark...

...but unfortunately, the board of directors

hasn't reached a decision yet.

I know you've been

kept waiting a long time...

...but the drawings you submitted

for our building are so unusual...

...that we

find it difficult to decide.

I think I can promise you

a definite answer tomorrow.

If not, it'll have

to wait over the weekend...

...but by Monday we'll know.

You've been wonderfully

patient with us, Mr. Roark.

Can you wait

a little longer?

Yes, I'll wait.

Thank you.

Mr. Roark, the commission is yours.

The Board of Directors...

...of the Security Bank of Manhattan has

chosen you as the architect for our building.

My congratulations.

You've done a beautiful job.

The board was quite impressed

by the project.

It's a tremendous assignment,

an unusual opportunity for an architect.

You're unknown but you'll be famous

when this is erected.

It's a chance you've wanted for years.

- Yes.

- It's yours.

On one minor condition.

Oh, it's just a small compromise...

...and when you agree to it,

we can sign the contract.

- What is it?

- Well, of course...

...we wouldn't alter

your plans in any way.

It's the ingenuity of your plans

that sold us on the building.

But its appearance is not

of any known style.

The public wouldn't like it.

It'd shock people.

It's too different, too original.

Originality is fine, but why go to extremes?

There's always the middle course.

So we want to preserve

your beautiful design...

...but just soften it

with a touch of classical dignity.

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