Мартін Іден

Chapter 14

           Atlast,inapause,heglancedatthesun,measureditsheightabovethehorizon,andsuggestedhismanuscriptsbypickingthemup. 

           "Ihadforgotten,"shesaidquickly. "AndIamsoanxioustohear." 

           Hereadtoherastory,onethatheflatteredhimselfwasamonghisverybest. Hecalledit"TheWineofLife,"andthewineofit,thathadstolenintohisbrainwhenhewroteit,stoleintohisbrainnowashereadit. Therewasacertainmagicintheoriginalconception,andhehadadorneditwithmoremagicofphraseandtouch. Alltheoldfireandpassionwithwhichhehadwrittenitwerereborninhim,andhewasswayedandsweptawaysothathewasblindanddeaftothefaultsofit. ButitwasnotsowithRuth. Hertrainedeardetectedtheweaknessesandexaggerations,theoveremphasisofthetyro,andshewasinstantlyawareeachtimethesentence-rhythmtrippedandfaltered. Shescarcelynotedtherhythmotherwise,exceptwhenitbecametoopompous,atwhichmomentsshewasdisagreeablyimpressedwithitsamateurishness. Thatwasherfinaljudgmentonthestoryasawholeamateurish,thoughshedidnottellhimso. Instead,whenhehaddone,shepointedouttheminorflawsandsaidthatshelikedthestory. 

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