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Chapter 43

           Martinheavedasighofreliefwhenhehaddisposedofthelastmanuscript. Thegrass-walledcastleandthewhite,copperedschoonerwereveryneartohim. Well,atanyratehehaddiscoveredBrissenden’scontentionthatnothingofmeritfounditswayintothemagazines. HisownsuccessdemonstratedthatBrissendenhadbeenwrong. 

           Andyet,somehow,hehadafeelingthatBrissendenhadbeenright,afterall. "TheShameoftheSun"hadbeenthecauseofhissuccessmorethanthestuffhehadwritten. Thatstuffhadbeenmerelyincidental. Ithadbeenrejectedrightandleftbythemagazines. Thepublicationof"TheShameoftheSun"hadstartedacontroversyandprecipitatedthelandslideinhisfavor. Hadtherebeenno"ShameoftheSun"therewouldhavebeennolandslide,andhadtherebeennomiracleinthegoof"TheShameoftheSun"therewouldhavebeennolandslide. Singletree,Darnley&Co.attestedthatmiracle. Theyhadbroughtoutafirsteditionoffifteenhundredcopiesandbeendubiousofsellingit. Theywereexperiencedpublishersandnoonehadbeenmoreastoundedthantheyatthesuccesswhichhadfollowed. Tothemithadbeenintruthamiracle. Theynevergotoverit,andeverylettertheywrotehimreflectedtheirreverentaweofthatfirstmysterioushappening. Theydidnotattempttoexplainit. Therewasnoexplainingit. Ithadhappened. Inthefaceofallexperiencetothecontrary,ithadhappened. 

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