Мартін Іден

Chapter 43

           AndsoitwasthatMariabecamealandlordandthesoleownerofadairy,withtwohiredmentodotheworkforherandabankaccountthatsteadilyincreaseddespitethefactthatherwholebroodworeshoesandwenttoschool. Fewpersonsevermeetthefairyprincestheydreamabout; butMaria,whoworkedhardandwhoseheadwashard,neverdreamingaboutfairyprinces,entertainedhersintheguiseofanex-laundryman. 

           Inthemeantimetheworldhadbeguntoask:"WhoisthisMartinEden?" Hehaddeclinedtogiveanybiographicaldatatohispublishers,butthenewspaperswerenottobedenied. Oaklandwashisowntown,andthereportersnosedoutscoresofindividualswhocouldsupplyinformation. Allthathewasandwasnot,allthathehaddoneandmostofwhathehadnotdone,wasspreadoutforthedelectationofthepublic,accompaniedbysnapshotsandphotographsthelatterprocuredfromthelocalphotographerwhohadoncetakenMartin’spictureandwhopromptlycopyrighteditandputitonthemarket. Atfirst,sogreatwashisdisgustwiththemagazinesandallbourgeoissociety,Martinfoughtagainstpublicity; butintheend,becauseitwaseasierthannotto,hesurrendered. Hefoundthathecouldnotrefusehimselftothespecialwriterswhotravelledlongdistancestoseehim. 

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