Мартин Иден

Chapter 14

           Theparadoxofitwasthatitwasthestoryitselfthatwasfreightedwithhispower,thatwasthechannel,forthetimebeing,throughwhichhisstrengthpouredouttoher. Shewasawareonlyofthestrength,andnotofthemedium,andwhensheseemedmostcarriedawaybywhathehadwritten,inrealityshehadbeencarriedawaybysomethingquiteforeigntoitbyathought,terribleandperilous,thathadformeditselfunsummonedinherbrain. Shehadcaughtherselfwonderingwhatmarriagewaslike,andthebecomingconsciousofthewaywardnessandardorofthethoughthadterrifiedher. Itwasunmaidenly. Itwasnotlikeher. Shehadneverbeentormentedbywomanhood,andshehadlivedinadreamlandofTennysonianpoesy,denseeventothefullsignificanceofthatdelicatemaster’sdelicateallusionstothegrossnessesthatintrudeupontherelationsofqueensandknights. Shehadbeenasleep,always,andnowlifewasthunderingimperativelyatallherdoors. Mentallyshewasinapanictoshoottheboltsanddropthebarsintoplace,whilewantoninstinctsurgedhertothrowwideherportalsandbidthedeliciouslystrangevisitortoenterin. 

           Martinwaitedwithsatisfactionforherverdict. Hehadnodoubtofwhatitwouldbe,andhewasastoundedwhenheheardhersay: 

           "Itisbeautiful." 

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