Мартин Иден

Chapter 36

           Theyappreciatedorsneeredatthemorningeditorials,jumpedfromlaborconditionsinNewZealandtoHenryJamesandBranderMatthews,passedontotheGermandesignsintheFarEastandtheeconomicaspectoftheYellowPeril,wrangledovertheGermanelectionsandBebel’slastspeech,andsettleddowntolocalpolitics,thelatestplansandscandalsintheunionlaborpartyadministration,andthewiresthatwerepulledtobringabouttheCoastSeamen’sstrike. Martinwasstruckbytheinsideknowledgetheypossessed. Theyknewwhatwasneverprintedinthenewspapersthewiresandstringsandthehiddenhandsthatmadethepuppetsdance. ToMartin’ssurprise,thegirl,Mary,joinedintheconversation,displayinganintelligencehehadneverencounteredinthefewwomenhehadmet. TheytalkedtogetheronSwinburneandRossetti,afterwhichsheledhimbeyondhisdepthintotheby-pathsofFrenchliterature. HisrevengecamewhenshedefendedMaeterlinckandhebroughtintoactionthecarefully-thought-outthesisof"TheShameoftheSun." 

           Severalothermenhaddroppedin,andtheairwasthickwithtobaccosmoke,whenBrissendenwavedtheredflag. 

           "Here’sfreshmeatforyouraxe,Kreis,"hesaid; "arose-whiteyouthwiththeardorofaloverforHerbertSpencer. MakeaHaeckeliteofhimifyoucan." 

           Kreisseemedtowakeupandflashlikesomemetallic,magneticthing,whileNortonlookedatMartinsympathetically,withasweet,girlishsmile,asmuchastosaythathewouldbeamplyprotected. 

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