Мартин Иден

Chapter 18

           "Youain’tgoin’backonme,Mart?"hequeriedhopelessly. 

           Martinnodded,andcalledoneoftheloungerstohimtotakethemessagetothetelegraphoffice. 

           "Holdon,"Joemutteredthickly. "Lemmethink." 

           Heheldontothebar,hislegswobblingunderhim,Martin’sarmaroundhimandsupportinghim,whilehethought. 

           "Makethattwolaundrymen,"hesaidabruptly. "Here,lemmefixit." 

           "Whatareyouquittingfor?"Martindemanded. 

           "Samereasonasyou." 

           "ButI’mgoingtosea. Youcan’tdothat." 

           "Nope,"wastheanswer,"butIcanhoboallright,allright." 

           Martinlookedathimsearchinglyforamoment,thencried:- 

           "ByGod,Ithinkyou’reright! Betterahobothanabeastoftoil. Why,man,you’lllive. Andthat’smorethanyoueverdidbefore." 

           "Iwasinhospital,once,"Joecorrected. "Itwasbeautiful. TyphoiddidItellyou?" 

           WhileMartinchangedthetelegramto"twolaundrymen,"Joewenton:- 

           "IneverwantedtodrinkwhenIwasinhospital. Funny,ain’tit? ButwhenI’vebenworkin’likeaslaveallweek,Ijustgottobowlup. Evernoticedthatcooksdrinklikehell? an’bakers,too? It’sthework. They’vesuregotto. Here,lemmepayhalfofthattelegram." 

           "I’llshakeyouforit,"Martinoffered. 

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