Мартин Иден

Chapter 26

           "Ican’tsmellanythingelse,exceptstaletobaccosmoke,"heannounced. 

           "That’sit. Itisterrible. Whydoyousmokesomuch,Martin?" 

           "Idon’tknow,exceptthatIsmokemorethanusualwhenIamlonely. Andthen,too,it’ssuchalong-standinghabit. IlearnedwhenIwasonlyayoungster." 

           "Itisnotanicehabit,youknow,"shereproved. "Itsmellstoheaven." 

           "That’sthefaultofthetobacco. Icanaffordonlythecheapest. ButwaituntilIgetthatforty-dollarcheck. I’lluseabrandthatisnotoffensiveeventotheangels. Butthatwasn’tsobad,wasit,twoacceptancesinthreedays? Thatforty-fivedollarswillpayaboutallmydebts." 

           "Fortwoyears’work?"shequeried. 

           "No,forlessthanaweek’swork. Pleasepassmethatbookoveronthefarcornerofthetable,theaccountbookwiththegraycover." Heopeneditandbeganturningoverthepagesrapidly. "Yes,Iwasright. Fourdaysfor‘TheRingofBells,’twodaysfor‘TheWhirlpool. That’sforty-fivedollarsforaweek’swork,onehundredandeightydollarsamonth. ThatbeatsanysalaryIcancommand. And,besides,I’mjustbeginning. AthousanddollarsamonthisnottoomuchtobuyforyouallIwantyoutohave. Asalaryoffivehundredamonthwouldbetoosmall. Thatforty-fivedollarsisjustastarter. WaittillIgetmystride. Thenwatchmysmoke." 

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