Мартин Иден

Chapter 10

           "Don’tsay‘whereI’mat.’" "That’sright,"hesaidgratefully,"whereIam. ButwhereamIatImean,whereamI? Oh,yes,inthechart-room. Well,somepeople" 

           "Persons,"shecorrected. 

           "Somepersonsneedguides,mostpersonsdo; butIthinkIcangetalongwithoutthem. I’vespentalotoftimeinthechart-roomnow,andI’montheedgeofknowingmywayabout,whatchartsIwanttoreferto,whatcoastsIwanttoexplore. AndfromthewayIlineitup,I’llexploreawholelotmorequicklybymyself. Thespeedofafleet,youknow,isthespeedoftheslowestship,andthespeedoftheteachersisaffectedthesameway. Theycan’tgoanyfasterthantheruckoftheirscholars,andIcansetafasterpaceformyselfthantheysetforawholeschoolroom." 

           "‘Hetravelsthefastestwhotravelsalone,’"shequotedathim. 

           ButI’dtravelfasterwithyoujustthesame,waswhathewantedtoblurtout,ashecaughtavisionofaworldwithoutendofsunlitspacesandstarryvoidsthroughwhichhedriftedwithher,hisarmaroundher,herpalegoldhairblowingabouthisface. Inthesameinstanthewasawareofthepitifulinadequacyofspeech. God! Ifhecouldsoframewordsthatshecouldseewhathethensaw! Andhefeltthestirinhim,likeathroeofyearningpain,ofthedesiretopaintthesevisionsthatflashedunsummonedonthemirrorofhismind. Ah,thatwasit! Hecaughtatthehemofthesecret. Itwastheverythingthatthegreatwritersandmaster-poetsdid. Thatwaswhytheyweregiants. Theyknewhowtoexpresswhattheythought,andfelt,andsaw. Dogsasleepinthesunoftenwhinedandbarked,buttheywereunabletotellwhattheysawthatmadethemwhineandbark. 

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