Мартин Иден

Chapter 3

           Therewasnolifebeyond,hehadcontended; itwashereandnow,thendarknesseverlasting. Butwhathehadseeninhereyeswassoulimmortalsoulthatcouldneverdie. Nomanhehadknown,noranywoman,hadgivenhimthemessageofimmortality. Butshehad.Shehadwhisperedittohimthefirstmomentshelookedathim. Herfaceshimmeredbeforehiseyesashewalkedalong,paleandserious,sweetandsensitive,smilingwithpityandtendernessasonlyaspiritcouldsmile,andpureashehadneverdreamedpuritycouldbe. Herpuritysmotehimlikeablow. Itstartledhim. Hehadknowngoodandbad; butpurity,asanattributeofexistence,hadneverenteredhismind. Andnow,inher,heconceivedpuritytobethesuperlativeofgoodnessandofcleanness,thesumofwhichconstitutedeternallife. 

           Andpromptlyurgedhisambitiontograspateternallife. Hewasnotfittocarrywaterforherheknewthat; itwasamiracleofluckandafantasticstrokethathadenabledhimtoseeherandbewithherandtalkwithherthatnight. Itwasaccidental. Therewasnomeritinit. Hedidnotdeservesuchfortune. Hismoodwasessentiallyreligious. Hewashumbleandmeek,filledwithself-disparagementandabasement. Insuchframeofmindsinnerscometothepenitentform. Hewasconvictedofsin. Butasthemeekandlowlyatthepenitentformcatchsplendidglimpsesoftheirfuturelordlyexistence,sodidhecatchsimilarglimpsesofthestatehewouldgaintobypossessingher. Butthispossessionofherwasdimandnebulousandtotallydifferentfrompossessionashehadknownit. Ambitionsoaredonmadwings,andhesawhimselfclimbingtheheightswithher,sharingthoughtswithher,pleasuringinbeautifulandnoblethingswithher. Itwasasoul-possessionhedreamed,refinedbeyondanygrossness,afreecomradeshipofspiritthathecouldnotputintodefinitethought. 

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