Мартін Іден

Chapter 33

           "Weoftenwonderedwhyyoudidn’tcall,"Mr.Whitewassaying. "Ididn’thavethecarfare,andIliveacrosstheBay,"Martinansweredbluntly,withtheideaofshowingthemhisimperativeneedforthemoney. 

           Surely,hethoughttohimself,mygladragsinthemselvesareeloquentadvertisementofmyneed. Timeandagain,wheneveropportunityoffered,hehintedaboutthepurposeofhisbusiness. Buthisadmirers’earsweredeaf. Theysanghispraises,toldhimwhattheyhadthoughtofhisstoryatfirstsight,whattheysubsequentlythought,whattheirwivesandfamiliesthought; butnotonehintdidtheybreatheofintentiontopayhimforit. 

           "DidItellyouhowIfirstreadyourstory?"Mr.Fordsaid. "OfcourseIdidn’t. IwascomingwestfromNewYork,andwhenthetrainstoppedatOgden,thetrain-boyonthenewrunbroughtaboardthecurrentnumberoftheTranscontinental." 

           MyGod!Martinthought; youcantravelinaPullmanwhileIstarveforthepaltryfivedollarsyouoweme. Awaveofangerrushedoverhim. ThewrongdonehimbytheTranscontinentalloomedcolossal,forstronguponhimwereallthedrearymonthsofvainyearning,ofhungerandprivation,andhispresenthungerawokeandgnawedathim,remindinghimthathehadeatennothingsincethedaybefore,andlittleenoughthen. Forthemomenthesawred. Thesecreatureswerenotevenrobbers. Theyweresneak-thieves. Byliesandbrokenpromisestheyhadtrickedhimoutofhisstory. Well,hewouldshowthem. Andagreatresolvesurgedintohiswilltotheeffectthathewouldnotleavetheofficeuntilhegothismoney. 

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