Мартін Іден

Chapter 28

           Thus,thepairofloverscouldbejarredapartbymisunderstoodmotives,byaccidentoffate,byjealousrivals,byirateparents,bycraftyguardians,byschemingrelatives,andsoforthandsoforth; theycouldbereunitedbyabravedeedofthemanlover,byasimilardeedofthewomanlover,bychangeofheartinoneloverortheother,byforcedconfessionofcraftyguardian,schemingrelative,orjealousrival,byvoluntaryconfessionofsame,bydiscoveryofsomeunguessedsecret,byloverstorminggirl’sheart,bylovermakinglongandnobleself-sacrifice,andsoon,endlessly. Itwasveryfetchingtomakethegirlproposeinthecourseofbeingreunited,andMartindiscovered,bitbybit,otherdecidedlypiquantandfetchingruses. Butmarriagebellsattheendwastheonethinghecouldtakenolibertieswith; thoughtheheavensrolledupasascrollandthestarsfell,theweddingbellsmustgoonringingjustthesame. Inquantity,theformulaprescribedtwelvehundredwordsminimumdose,fifteenhundredwordsmaximumdose. 

           Beforehegotveryfaralongintheartofthestoriette,Martinworkedouthalfadozenstockforms,whichhealwaysconsultedwhenconstructingstoriettes. Theseformswerelikethecunningtablesusedbymathematicians,whichmaybeenteredfromtop,bottom,right,andleft,whichentrancesconsistofscoresoflinesanddozensofcolumns,andfromwhichmaybedrawn,withoutreasoningorthinking,thousandsofdifferentconclusions,allunchallengablypreciseandtrue. 

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