Мартин Иден

Chapter 1

           Allthesewereblottedoutbyagrotesqueandterriblenightmarebrood frowsy,shufflingcreaturesfromthepavementsofWhitechapel, gin-bloatedhagsofthestews, andallthevasthell’sfollowingofharpies,vile-mouthedandfilthy,thatundertheguiseofmonstrousfemaleformpreyuponsailors, thescrapingsoftheports,thescumandslimeofthehumanpit. 

           "Won’tyousitdown,Mr.Eden?"thegirlwassaying. "IhavebeenlookingforwardtomeetingyoueversinceArthurtoldus. Itwasbraveofyou" 

           Hewavedhishanddeprecatingly andmutteredthatitwasnothingatall, whathehaddone,andthatanyfellowwouldhavedoneit. Shenoticedthatthehandhewavedwascoveredwithfreshabrasions,intheprocessofhealing, andaglanceattheotherloose-hanginghandshowedittobeinthesamecondition. Also,withquick,criticaleye,shenotedascaronhischeek, anotherthatpeepedoutfromunderthehairoftheforehead, andathirdthatrandownanddisappearedunderthestarchedcollar. Sherepressedasmileatsightoftheredlinethatmarkedthechafeofthecollaragainstthebronzedneck. Hewasevidentlyunusedtostiffcollars. Likewiseherfeminineeyetookintheclotheshewore,thecheapandunaestheticcut, thewrinklingofthecoatacrosstheshoulders, andtheseriesofwrinklesinthesleevesthatadvertisedbulgingbicepsmuscles. 

           Whilehewavedhishandandmutteredthathehaddonenothingatall, hewasobeyingherbehestbytryingtogetintoachair. Hefoundtimetoadmiretheeasewithwhichshesatdown,thenlurchedtowardachairfacingher, overwhelmedwithconsciousnessoftheawkwardfigurehewascutting. Thiswasanewexperienceforhim. Allhislife,uptothen,hehadbeenunawareofbeingeithergracefulorawkward. Suchthoughtsofselfhadneverenteredhismind. 

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