- Ellsworth Toohey writes an article praising Keating to the heavens.
- He sends it along to Keating before it's published.
- Keating flips out with excitement.
- But then a dude named Stephen Mallory tries to assassinate Toohey.
- Toohey is unharmed.
- Keating's first thought is that his article won't be published on time.
- He is seriously the most selfish person alive. Rand isn't big on subtlety or character nuances here. Think of this as Rand shouting in a caveman voice: Keating bad! Keating bad!
- Keating then goes to visit Toohey.
- Toohey is a little man who wears glasses and looks like he couldn't hurt a fly.
- They talk in circles around each other and act all political and crafty.
- Toohey invites Keating to be part of an architecture club he's putting together.
- He also asks Keating about his relationship with Katie and says that he approves.