Мартин Иден

Chapter 34

           Heturnedattheheadofthestepstomeettheletter-carrieronhisafternoonround. TheeverrecurrentfeverofexpectancyassailedMartinashetookthebundleoflongenvelopes. Onewasnotlong. Itwasshortandthin,andoutsidewasprintedtheaddressofTheNewYorkOutview. Hepausedintheactoftearingtheenvelopeopen. Itcouldnotbeanacceptance. Hehadnomanuscriptswiththatpublication. Perhapshisheartalmoststoodstillatthewildthoughtperhapstheywereorderinganarticlefromhim; butthenextinstanthedismissedthesurmiseashopelesslyimpossible. 

           Itwasashort,formalletter,signedbytheofficeeditor,merelyinforminghimthatananonymousletterwhichtheyhadreceivedwasenclosed,andthathecouldrestassuredtheOutview’sstaffneverunderanycircumstancesgaveconsiderationtoanonymouscorrespondence. 

           TheenclosedletterMartinfoundtobecrudelyprintedbyhand. ItwasahotchpotchofilliterateabuseofMartin,andofassertionthatthe"so-calledMartinEden"whowassellingstoriestomagazineswasnowriteratall,andthatinrealityhewasstealingstoriesfromoldmagazines,typingthem,andsendingthemoutashisown. Theenvelopewaspostmarked"SanLeandro." Martindidnotrequireasecondthoughttodiscovertheauthor. Higginbotham’sgrammar,Higginbotham’scolloquialisms,Higginbotham’smentalquirksandprocesses,wereapparentthroughout. Martinsawineveryline,notthefineItalianhand,butthecoarsegrocer’sfist,ofhisbrother-in-law. 

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