Морской волк

Chapter 20

           "Irememberwritingareviewofathinlittlevolume"Ihadbeguncarelessly,whensheinterruptedme.

           "You!"shecried."Youare"

           Shewasnowstaringatmeinwide-eyedwonder.

           Inoddedmyidentity,inturn.

           "HumphreyVanWeyden,"sheconcluded;thenaddedwithasighofrelief,andunawarethatshehadglancedthatreliefatWolfLarsen,"Iamsoglad."

           "Irememberthereview,"shewentonhastily,becomingawareoftheawkwardnessofherremark;"thattoo,tooflatteringreview."

           "Notatall,"Ideniedvaliantly."Youimpeachmysoberjudgmentandmakemycanonsoflittleworth.Besides,allmybrothercriticswerewithme.Didn’tLangincludeyour‘KissEndured’amongthefoursupremesonnetsbywomenintheEnglishlanguage?"

           "ButyoucalledmetheAmericanMrs.Meynell!"

           "Wasitnottrue?"Idemanded.

           "No,notthat,"sheanswered."Iwashurt."

           "Wecanmeasuretheunknownonlybytheknown,"Ireplied,inmyfinestacademicmanner."AsacriticIwascompelledtoplaceyou.Youhavenowbecomeayardstickyourself.Sevenofyourthinlittlevolumesareonmyshelves;andtherearetwothickervolumes,theessays,which,youwillpardonmysaying,andIknownotwhichisflatteredmore,fullyequalyourverse.ThetimeisnotfardistantwhensomeunknownwillariseinEnglandandthecriticswillnamehertheEnglishMaudBrewster."

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