Мартин Иден

Chapter 43

           Soitwas,reasoningthus,thatMartinquestionedthevalidityofhispopularity. Itwasthebourgeoisiethatboughthisbooksandpoureditsgoldintohismoney-sack,andfromwhatlittleheknewofthebourgeoisieitwasnotcleartohimhowitcouldpossiblyappreciateorcomprehendwhathehadwritten. Hisintrinsicbeautyandpowermeantnothingtothehundredsofthousandswhowereacclaiminghimandbuyinghisbooks. Hewasthefadofthehour,theadventurerwhohadstormedParnassuswhilethegodsnodded. Thehundredsofthousandsreadhimandacclaimedhimwiththesamebrutenon-understandingwithwhichtheyhadflungthemselvesonBrissenden’s"Ephemera"andtornittopiecesawolf-rabblethatfawnedonhiminsteadoffanginghim. Fawnorfang,itwasallamatterofchance. Onethingheknewwithabsolutecertitude:"Ephemera"wasinfinitelygreaterthananythinghehaddone. Itwasinfinitelygreaterthananythinghehadinhim. Itwasapoemofcenturies. Thenthetributethemobpaidhimwasasorrytributeindeed,forthatsamemobhadwallowed"Ephemera"intothemire. Hesighedheavilyandwithsatisfaction. Hewasgladthelastmanuscriptwassoldandthathewouldsoonbedonewithitall. 

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