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The Enright house opens, attracting some small attention, but also people Roark wants. Dom stays in NY to be with Roark over the summer. Roark signs a contract to build a large hotel called the Aquitania, frustrating Toohey, and Dom gloats about it. Toohey secretly gets Roark a commission to do a temple of the human spirit without having the funder look at any of Roarks work, seemingly setting him up to disappoint

A story of Tooheys life. He was always very physically weak but vocally powerful. He transitioned to being interested in religion to sociology to architecture as he grew up. He always had strong aura that made people attracted to him, and those who became friends with him remained so. It was surprising he worked for Wyland considering they strongly disliked each other, but he wrote about architecture so he hired him

Enright shows up and makes Dom tour the Enright house construction since he thinks she hates it. Roark is there, and she loves it, and writes another piece that sounds like slander. Enright seems to be catching on a bit. She likes seeing him at parties knowing only they know about each other. Peter is confused why Dom is helping him while refusing to see him. She tells him just to let it happen

Toohey comes to Doms apartment unannounced. He observes her throwing parties and being social, which is strange for her. He says people are being friends with her almost as revenge since she’s finally associating with them. He says he knows she’s taking commissions from Roark and giving them to Peter, says they have a common enemy. She continues this while sleeping with Roark.

Dom writes about the Enright building in a way that sounds negative but is really very complimentary. Ellsworth visits and asks where she knows him from. He proceeds to tell her all about Roark and how he sees Peter besting him even though he’s mediocre, angering her. Sutton calls Dom and meets with him, convincing him to go with Keating instead of Roark. Sutton tells Roark. Dom goes and sleeps with Roark.

Roark reopens his office after getting the Enright house. He works a ton. He wants to make Dom wait to see him to make her uncomfortable when they meet again, which is why he goes to one of Holcombes events. He finds Dom and she realizes he made the Enright house. They have their strange method of conversation. Roark talks to Sutton and Keating. Dom and Toohey have a weird faceoff where he seems to understand her

Dom returns to NY, almost quitting her job. Toohey visits her and they talk about Roarks new building (they like it). The new builder coalition (Toohey and Keating and a bunch of others) meets for the first time, and Dom crashes the meeting. Keating goes in a cab w Dom and realizes she’s met someone. Dom tells Peter to never let her come back to him because he won’t be able to stop her and she doesn’t want him

Keating reads Cook, which is bad but feels pretentious so he likes it. He spends time with Toohey and Katie, who seems down. Keating wants her to stop working at the day nursery but she really likes it. Keating brings up Roark and Toohey is very curious to learn they know each other, interrogating Peter. Peter and Katie walk together, but Peter is focusing on imperfections. Peter designs a weird house for Cook

Toohey writes a very complimentary article about Keating and sends it to him before publication, but is shot at that afternoon by the sculptor who was turned down for the Cosmo building. Keating and Toohey meet the next day. Toohey is clearly very smart and catches on to Peter quickly, reading through his untruths. Peter likes Toohey, and he suggests a book by Lois Cook. He brings up Katie before Keating leaves

They’re both seemingly happy with the outcome of that night? A few days later Roark gets a letter that Enright wants him to build a building, so Roark leaves immediately for New York. Dom goes back to the quarry but finds he is gone. She is half relieved because she thinks she’ll never see him again and won’t have to become curious, even though she clearly still is