Мартин Иден

Chapter 43

           "Martinrecollectedhisblank-versetragedy,andsentitinstead. Hereaditoverbeforemailing,andwasparticularlyimpressedbyitssophomoricamateurishnessandgeneralworthlessness. Buthesentit; anditwaspublished,totheeverlastingregretoftheeditor. Thepublicwasindignantandincredulous. ItwastoofaracryfromMartinEden’shighstandardtothatseriousbosh. Itwasassertedthathehadneverwrittenit,thatthemagazinehadfakeditveryclumsily,orthatMartinEdenwasemulatingtheelderDumasandattheheightofsuccesswashiringhiswritingdoneforhim. Butwhenheexplainedthatthetragedywasanearlyeffortofhisliterarychildhood,andthatthemagazinehadrefusedtobehappyunlessitgotit,agreatlaughwentupatthemagazine’sexpenseandachangeintheeditorshipfollowed. Thetragedywasneverbroughtoutinbook-form,thoughMartinpocketedtheadvanceroyaltiesthathadbeenpaid. 

           Coleman’sWeeklysentMartinalengthytelegram,costingnearlythreehundreddollars,offeringhimathousanddollarsanarticlefortwentyarticles. HewastotravelovertheUnitedStates,withallexpensespaid,andselectwhatevertopicsinterestedhim. Thebodyofthetelegramwasdevotedtohypotheticaltopicsinordertoshowhimthefreedomofrangethatwastobehis. TheonlyrestrictionplaceduponhimwasthathemustconfinehimselftotheUnitedStates. Martinsenthisinabilitytoacceptandhisregretsbywire"collect." 

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