Мартин Иден

Chapter 21

           AndtoMartinEden’ssupremesurprise,sheburstintoastormoftearsthattookmorekissesthanoneandmanycaressestodriveaway. AndallthewhiletherewasrunningthroughhisheadKipling’sline:"AndtheColonel’sladyandJudyO’Gradyaresistersundertheirskins." Itwastrue,hedecided; thoughthenovelshehadreadhadledhimtobelieveotherwise. Hisidea,forwhichthenovelswereresponsible,hadbeenthatonlyformalproposalsobtainedintheupperclasses. Itwasallrightenough,downwhencehehadcome,foryouthsandmaidenstowineachotherbycontact; butfortheexaltedpersonagesupaboveontheheightstomakeloveinsimilarfashionhadseemedunthinkable. Yetthenovelswerewrong. Herewasaproofofit. Thesamepressuresandcaresses,unaccompaniedbyspeech,thatwereefficaciouswiththegirlsoftheworking-class,wereequallyefficaciouswiththegirlsabovetheworking-class. Theywereallofthesameflesh,afterall,sistersundertheirskins; andhemighthaveknownasmuchhimselfhadherememberedhisSpencer. AsheheldRuthinhisarmsandsoothedher,hetookgreatconsolationinthethoughtthattheColonel’sladyandJudyO’Gradywereprettymuchalikeundertheirskins. ItbroughtRuthclosertohim,madeherpossible. Herdearfleshwasasanybody’sflesh,ashisflesh. Therewasnobartotheirmarriage. Classdifferencewastheonlydifference,andclasswasextrinsic. Itcouldbeshakenoff. Aslave,hehadread,hadrisentotheRomanpurple. Thatbeingso,thenhecouldrisetoRuth. 

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