[ Cut to the entrance to a Mexican town. The Fountain-gang minus Wynand are approaching. ]
Roark: Are you sure you want to split up?
Elizabeth: Yes, we’ll be OK. Like I said, splitting up will raise the chance of at least one of the groups arriving safely at the border, and us women are probably just slowing you down anyway.
Roark: OK. See you later.
The girls: “bye!”, “love you.” [They walk to the left.]
[ Roark and Keating are entering the pueblo. ]
Keating: I wonder what Gail meant by him arranging to get us killed. We’ve walked for a long time and so-far nothing bad happened.
[ A large number of Mexicans spring from between the houses, holding rifles and pistols. They aim them at Peter and Roark. ]
Mexican Gang Leader: [He takes a brief look at a photo he’s holding in his hand.] You are Howard Roark and Peter Keating, right?
Gang Leader: Then Gail Wynand gave an order to have you killed.
Keating: Hey, you can’t just shoot two defenceless men like that!
[ Two pistols are thrown and they fall near the feet of the two. ]
Keating: Howard, do you know how to use a gun?
Keating: Me neither. Let’s run for it…
[ The two are running in the streets of the town, and the Mexicans chase them and shoot bullets at them. The camera cuts to Pedro Dominguez, a Mexican man who overseas the chase, he then shouts at the chasing gang. ]
Pedro: Hey, amigos, will you stop this non-sense!
[ The chasing gang stops chasing and shooting. Roark and Keating stop running. ]
Pedro: You shouldn’t kill those men just because Gail Wynand said so. We have to deduce what is good and moral by ourselves according to the immutable laws of logic, and regardless of the subjective whims of Gail Wynand, or anybody else for that matter. Killing those two men, who are perfectly innocent as far as we know, would be a wrong thing to do, and Gail Wynand’s will cannot change that.
Gang members : [To themselves.] “Gee, his right”, “Yeah, let’s drop it off.” [They disband.]
Former Gang Leader : [To Roark and Keating] Hey, sorry we’ve tried to kill you, amigos.
[ Roark and Keating walk towards Pedro who just saved them. ]
Keating: Gee, thanks for saving our lives.
Pedro: Well, you’re welcome. And besides: Gail Wynand said the exact same thing the last time he has been here.
Keating: What’s your name?
Keating: We’ll send Gail your regards.