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Chapter 44

           InvitationstodinnerpouredinonMartin; andthemoretheypoured,themorehepuzzled. Hesat,theguestofhonor,atanArdenClubbanquet,withmenofnotewhomhehadheardaboutandreadaboutallhislife; andtheytoldhimhow,whentheyhadread"TheRingofBells"intheTranscontinental,and"ThePeriandthePearl"inTheHornet,theyhadimmediatelypickedhimforawinner. MyGod! andIwashungryandinrags,hethoughttohimself. Whydidn’tyougivemeadinnerthen? Thenwasthetime. Itwasworkperformed. Ifyouarefeedingmenowforworkperformed,whydidyounotfeedmethenwhenIneededit? Notonewordin"TheRingofBells,"norin"ThePeriandthePearl"hasbeenchanged. No; you’renotfeedingmenowforworkperformed. Youarefeedingmebecauseeverybodyelseisfeedingmeandbecauseitisanhonortofeedme. Youarefeedingmenowbecauseyouareherdanimals; becauseyouarepartofthemob; becausetheoneblind,automaticthoughtinthemob-mindjustnowistofeedme. AndwheredoesMartinEdenandtheworkMartinEdenperformedcomeininallthis? heaskedhimselfplaintively,thenarosetorespondcleverlyandwittilytoacleverandwittytoast. 

           Soitwent. WhereverhehappenedtobeatthePressClub,attheRedwoodClub,atpinkteasandliterarygatheringsalwayswereremembered"TheRingofBells"and"ThePeriandthePearl"whentheywerefirstpublished. AndalwayswasMartin’smaddeningandunuttereddemand:Whydidn’tyoufeedmethen? Itwasworkperformed. "TheRingofBells"and"ThePeriandthePearl"arenotchangedoneiota. 

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