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Chapter 43

           Thenagain,eachdaywassomanyhourslong,and,sincehenolongerwasoccupiedwithwritingandstudying,thosehourshadtobeoccupiedsomehow; soheyieldedtowhatwastohimawhim,permittedinterviews,gavehisopinionsonliteratureandphilosophy,andevenacceptedinvitationsofthebourgeoisie. Hehadsettleddownintoastrangeandcomfortablestateofmind. Henolongercared. Heforgaveeverybody,eventhecubreporterwhohadpaintedhimredandtowhomhenowgrantedafullpagewithspeciallyposedphotographs. 

           HesawLizzieoccasionally,anditwaspatentthatsheregrettedthegreatnessthathadcometohim. Itwidenedthespacebetweenthem. Perhapsitwaswiththehopeofnarrowingitthatsheyieldedtohispersuasionstogotonightschoolandbusinesscollegeandtohaveherselfgownedbyawonderfuldressmakerwhochargedoutrageousprices. Sheimprovedvisiblyfromdaytoday,untilMartinwonderedifhewasdoingright,forheknewthatallhercomplianceandendeavorwasforhissake. Shewastryingtomakeherselfofworthinhiseyesofthesortofworthheseemedtovalue. Yethegavehernohope,treatingherinbrotherlyfashionandrarelyseeingher. 

           "Overdue"wasrusheduponthemarketbytheMeredith-LowellCompanyintheheightofhispopularity,andbeingfiction,inpointofsalesitmadeevenabiggerstrikethan"TheShameoftheSun." Weekafterweekhiswasthecreditoftheunprecedentedperformanceofhavingtwobooksattheheadofthelistofbest-sellers. 

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