Мартин Иден

Chapter 37

           Hefellfromtheheightwherehehadbeenup-bornealldayonthewingsofinspiration. "Bourgeois,""trader’sden"Brissenden’sepithetsrepeatedthemselvesinhismind. Butwhatofthat?hedemandedangrily. HewasmarryingRuth,notherfamily. 

           ItseemedtohimthathehadneverseenRuthmorebeautiful,morespiritualandetherealandatthesametimemorehealthy. Therewascolorinhercheeks,andhereyesdrewhimagainandagaintheeyesinwhichhehadfirstreadimmortality. Hehadforgottenimmortalityoflate,andthetrendofhisscientificreadinghadbeenawayfromit; buthere,inRuth’seyes,hereadanargumentwithoutwordsthattranscendedallwordedarguments. Hesawthatinhereyesbeforewhichalldiscussionfledaway,forhesawlovethere. Andinhisowneyeswaslove; andlovewasunanswerable. Suchwashispassionatedoctrine. 

           Thehalfhourhehadwithher,beforetheywentintodinner,lefthimsupremelyhappyandsupremelysatisfiedwithlife. Nevertheless,attable,theinevitablereactionandexhaustionconsequentupontheharddayseizedholdofhim. Hewasawarethathiseyesweretiredandthathewasirritable. Heremembereditwasatthistable,atwhichhenowsneeredandwassooftenbored,thathehadfirsteatenwithcivilizedbeingsinwhathehadimaginedwasanatmosphereofhighcultureandrefinement. 

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