Мартин Иден

Chapter 26

           Hecouldseetoread,now,andhewasunawareofthepainoftheaction. ItwastheWhiteMousethatwasofferinghimfortydollars,andthestorywas"TheWhirlpool,"anotherofhisearlyhorrorstories. Hereadtheletterthroughagainandagain. Theeditortoldhimplainlythathehadnothandledtheideaproperly,butthatitwastheideatheywerebuyingbecauseitwasoriginal. Iftheycouldcutthestorydownone-third,theywouldtakeitandsendhimfortydollarsonreceiptofhisanswer. 

           Hecalledforpenandink,andtoldtheeditorhecouldcutthestorydownthree-thirdsifhewantedto,andtosendthefortydollarsrightalong. 

           Theletterdespatchedtotheletter-boxbyTeresa,Martinlaybackandthought. Itwasn’talie,afterall. TheWhiteMousepaidonacceptance. Therewerethreethousandwordsin"TheWhirlpool." Cutdownathird,therewouldbetwothousand. Atfortydollarsthatwouldbetwocentsaword. Payonacceptanceandtwocentsawordthenewspapershadtoldthetruth. AndhehadthoughttheWhiteMouseathird-rater! Itwasevidentthathedidnotknowthemagazines. HehaddeemedtheTranscontinentalafirst-rater,anditpaidacentfortenwords. HehadclassedtheWhiteMouseasofnoaccount,anditpaidtwentytimesasmuchastheTranscontinentalandalsohadpaidonacceptance. 

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