Мартін Іден

Chapter 39

           ThechildrenoftheneighborhoodrecoveredfromtheaweofthegrandcarriagewhichoncehadvisitedMartin,andfromsafedistancestheycalledhim"hobo"and"bum." TheSilvatribe,however,stanchlydefendedhim,fightingmorethanonepitchedbattleforhishonor,andblackeyesandbloodynosesbecamequitetheorderofthedayandaddedtoMaria’sperplexitiesandtroubles. 

           Once,MartinmetGertrudeonthestreet,downinOakland,andlearnedwhatheknewcouldnotbeotherwisethatBernardHigginbothamwasfuriouswithhimforhavingdraggedthefamilyintopublicdisgrace,andthathehadforbiddenhimthehouse. 

           "Whydon’tyougoaway,Martin?"Gertrudehadbegged. "Goawayandgetajobsomewhereandsteadydown. Afterwards,whenthisallblowsover,youcancomeback." 

           Martinshookhishead,butgavenoexplanations. Howcouldheexplain? Hewasappalledattheawfulintellectualchasmthatyawnedbetweenhimandhispeople. Hecouldnevercrossitandexplaintothemhisposition,theNietzscheanposition,inregardtosocialism. TherewerenotwordsenoughintheEnglishlanguage,norinanylanguage,tomakehisattitudeandconductintelligibletothem. Theirhighestconceptofrightconduct,inhiscase,wastogetajob. Thatwastheirfirstwordandtheirlast. Itconstitutedtheirwholelexiconofideas. Getajob! Gotowork! Poor,stupidslaves,hethought,whilehissistertalked. Smallwondertheworldbelongedtothestrong. Theslaveswereobsessedbytheirownslavery. Ajobwastothemagoldenfetichbeforewhichtheyfelldownandworshipped. 

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