Мартин Иден

Chapter 36

           "Andthere’sanotherfellow—Parry—anAustralian,astatisticianandasportingencyclopaedia. AskhimthegrainoutputofParaguayfor1903,ortheEnglishimportationofsheetingsintoChinafor1890,oratwhatweightJimmyBrittfoughtBattlingNelson,orwhowaswelter-weightchampionoftheUnitedStatesin’68,andyou’llgetthecorrectanswerwiththeautomaticcelerityofaslot-machine. Andthere’sAndy,astone-mason,hasideasoneverything,agoodchess-player; andanotherfellow,Harry,abaker,redhotsocialistandstrongunionman. Bytheway,yourememberCooks’andWaiters’strike—Hamiltonwasthechapwhoorganizedthatunionandprecipitatedthestrike—planneditalloutinadvance,righthereinKreis’srooms. Diditjustforthefunofit,butwastoolazytostaybytheunion. Yethecouldhaverisenhighifhewantedto. There’snoendtothepossibilitiesinthatman—ifheweren’tsoinsuperablylazy." 

           Brissendenadvancedthroughthedarknesstillathreadoflightmarkedthethresholdofadoor. Aknockandanansweropenedit,andMartinfoundhimselfshakinghandswithKreis,ahandsomebrunetteman,withdazzlingwhiteteeth,adroopingblackmustache,andlarge,flashingblackeyes. Mary,amatronlyyoungblonde,waswashingdishesinthelittlebackroomthatservedforkitchenanddiningroom. Thefrontroomservedasbedchamberandlivingroom. Overheadwastheweek’swashing,hanginginfestoonssolowthatMartindidnotseeatfirstthetwomentalkinginacorner. TheyhailedBrissendenandhisdemijohnswithacclamation,and,onbeingintroduced,MartinlearnedtheywereAndyandParry. 

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