Toohey, wanda ya rubuta wani shahararren gine-gine a cikin Banner, shi ne dan gurguzu mai ra'ayin gurguzu wanda ya tsara ra'ayin jama'a ta hanyar ginshiƙinsa da kuma ƙungiyar abokan hulɗa. Toohey ya yanke shawarar hallaka Roark ta hanyar yakin basasa. Ya ba da shawarar Roark ga Hopton Stoddard, wani sanannen saninsa wanda yake so ya gina Haikali na Ruhun Mutum. Tsarin Roark wanda ba a saba da shi ba ya haɗa da mutum-mutumi mara kyau wanda aka tsara a kan Dominique; Toohey ya shawo kan Stoddard ya tuhumi Roark saboda rashin kuskure. Toohey da wasu gine-ginen (ciki har da Keating) sun shaida a shari'ar cewa Roark ba shi da cikakkiyar ƙwarewa a matsayin gine-ginen saboda ƙin amincewa da salon tarihi. Dominique yayi magana a cikin kare Roark, amma ba zai iya rasa shari'ar ba. Dominique ta yanke shawarar cewa tana yin duk abin da Roark yake so a duniya, wanda ke nufin tana son yin hakan a duniya.
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