Мартин Иден

Chapter 24

           Thecomicweekliesreturnedhisjokesandhumorousverse,andthelightsocietyversehewroteforthelargemagazinesfoundnoabiding-place. Thentherewasthenewspaperstoriette. Heknewthathecouldwritebetteronesthanwerepublished. Managingtoobtaintheaddressesoftwonewspapersyndicates,hedelugedthemwithstoriettes. Whenhehadwrittentwentyandfailedtoplaceoneofthem,heceased. Andyet,fromdaytoday,hereadstoriettesinthedailiesandweeklies,scoresandscoresofstoriettes,notoneofwhichwouldcomparewithhis. Inhisdespondency,heconcludedthathehadnojudgmentwhatever,thathewashypnotizedbywhathewrote,andthathewasaself-deludedpretender. 

           Theinhumaneditorialmachineransmoothlyasever. Hefoldedthestampsinwithhismanuscript,droppeditintotheletter-box,andfromthreeweekstoamonthafterwardthepostmancameupthestepsandhandedhimthemanuscript. Surelytherewerenolive,warmeditorsattheotherend. Itwasallwheelsandcogsandoil-cupsaclevermechanismoperatedbyautomatons. Hereachedstagesofdespairwhereinhedoubtedifeditorsexistedatall. Hehadneverreceivedasignoftheexistenceofone,andfromabsenceofjudgmentinrejectingallhewroteitseemedplausiblethateditorsweremyths,manufacturedandmaintainedbyofficeboys,typesetters,andpressmen. 

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