Мартин Иден

Chapter 44

           Butwhy? Therewasnojusticeinit,nomeritonhispart. Hewasnodifferent. Alltheworkhehaddonewasevenatthattimeworkperformed. Mr.andMrs.MorsehadcondemnedhimforanidlerandashirkandthroughRuthhadurgedthathetakeaclerk’spositioninanoffice. Furthermore,theyhadbeenawareofhisworkperformed. ManuscriptaftermanuscriptofhishadbeenturnedovertothembyRuth. Theyhadreadthem. Itwastheverysameworkthathadputhisnameinallthepapers,and,itwashisnamebeinginallthepapersthatledthemtoinvitehim. 

           Onethingwascertain:theMorseshadnotcaredtohavehimforhimselforforhiswork. Thereforetheycouldnotwanthimnowforhimselforforhiswork,butforthefamethatwashis,becausehewassomebodyamongstmen,andwhynot? becausehehadahundredthousanddollarsorso. Thatwasthewaybourgeoissocietyvaluedaman,andwhowashetoexpectitotherwise? Buthewasproud. Hedisdainedsuchvaluation. Hedesiredtobevaluedforhimself,orforhiswork,which,afterall,wasanexpressionofhimself. ThatwasthewayLizzievaluedhim. Thework,withher,didnotevencount. Shevaluedhim,himself. ThatwasthewayJimmy,theplumber,andalltheoldgangvaluedhim. Thathadbeenprovedoftenenoughinthedayswhenheranwiththem; ithadbeenprovedthatSundayatShellMoundPark. Hisworkcouldgohang. Whattheyliked,andwerewillingtoscrapfor,wasjustMartEden,oneofthebunchandaprettygoodguy. 

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