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Chapter 14

           Henolongerboughtbooks,andheeconomizedinpettywaysandsoughttodelaytheinevitableend; thoughhedidnotknowhowtoeconomize,andbroughttheendnearerbyaweekwhenhegavehissisterMarianfivedollarsforadress. 

           Hestruggledinthedark,withoutadvice,withoutencouragement,andintheteethofdiscouragement. EvenGertrudewasbeginningtolookaskance. Atfirstshehadtoleratedwithsisterlyfondnesswhatsheconceivedtobehisfoolishness; butnow,outofsisterlysolicitude,shegrewanxious. Toheritseemedthathisfoolishnesswasbecomingamadness. MartinknewthisandsufferedmorekeenlyfromitthanfromtheopenandnaggingcontemptofBernardHigginbotham. Martinhadfaithinhimself,buthewasaloneinthisfaith. NotevenRuthhadfaith. Shehadwantedhimtodevotehimselftostudy,and,thoughshehadnotopenlydisapprovedofhiswriting,shehadneverapproved. 

           Hehadneverofferedtoshowherhiswork. Afastidiousdelicacyhadpreventedhim. Besides,shehadbeenstudyingheavilyattheuniversity,andhefeltaversetorobbingherofhertime. Butwhenshehadtakenherdegree,sheaskedhimherselftoletherseesomethingofwhathehadbeendoing. Martinwaselatedanddiffident. Herewasajudge. Shewasabachelorofarts. Shehadstudiedliteratureunderskilledinstructors. Perhapstheeditorswerecapablejudges,too. Butshewouldbedifferentfromthem. 

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