Мартин Иден

Chapter 25

           BothMariaandMartindrankthesournewwineonemptystomachs,anditwentswiftlytotheirheads. Utterlydifferentiatedcreaturesthattheywere,theywerelonelyintheirmisery,andthoughthemiserywastacitlyignored,itwasthebondthatdrewthemtogether. MariawasamazedtolearnthathehadbeenintheAzores,whereshehadliveduntilshewaseleven. ShewasdoublyamazedthathehadbeenintheHawaiianIslands,whithershehadmigratedfromtheAzoreswithherpeople. ButheramazementpassedallboundswhenhetoldherhehadbeenonMaui,theparticularislandwhereonshehadattainedwomanhoodandmarried. Kahului,whereshehadfirstmetherhusband,he,Martin,hadbeentheretwice! Yes,sherememberedthesugarsteamers,andhehadbeenonthemwell,well,itwasasmallworld. AndWailuku! Thatplace,too! Didheknowthehead-lunaoftheplantation? Yes,andhadhadacoupleofdrinkswithhim. 

           Andsotheyreminiscencedanddrownedtheirhungerintheraw,sourwine. ToMartinthefuturedidnotseemsodim. Successtrembledjustbeforehim. Hewasonthevergeofclaspingit. Thenhestudiedthedeep-linedfaceofthetoil-wornwomanbeforehim,rememberedhersoupsandloavesofnewbaking,andfeltspringupinhimthewarmestgratitudeandphilanthropy. 

           "Maria,"heexclaimedsuddenly. "Whatwouldyouliketohave?" 

           Shelookedathim,bepuzzled. "Whatwouldyouliketohavenow,rightnow,ifyoucouldgetit?" 

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