Мартин Иден

Chapter 41

           Quothonepaper:"Wehavereceivedaletterfromagentlemanwhowroteapoemjustlikeit,onlybetter,sometimeago." Anotherpaper,indeadlyseriousness,reprovingHelenDellaDelmarforherparody,said:"ButunquestionablyMissDelmarwroteitinamomentofbadinageandnotquitewiththerespectthatonegreatpoetshouldshowtoanotherandperhapstothegreatest. However,whetherMissDelmarbejealousornotofthemanwhoinvented‘Ephemera,’itiscertainthatshe,likethousandsofothers,isfascinatedbyhiswork,andthatthedaymaycomewhenshewilltrytowritelineslikehis." 

           Ministersbegantopreachsermonsagainst"Ephemera,"andone,whotoostoutlystoodformuchofitscontent,wasexpelledforheresy. Thegreatpoemcontributedtothegayetyoftheworld. Thecomicverse-writersandthecartooniststookholdofitwithscreaminglaughter,andinthepersonalcolumnsofsocietyweekliesjokeswereperpetratedonittotheeffectthatCharleyFrenshamtoldArchieJennings,inconfidence,thatfivelinesof"Ephemera"woulddriveamantobeatacripple,andthattenlineswouldsendhimtothebottomoftheriver. 

           Martindidnotlaugh; nordidhegrithisteethinanger. Theeffectproduceduponhimwasoneofgreatsadness. Inthecrashofhiswholeworld,withloveonthepinnacle,thecrashofmagazinedomandthedearpublicwasasmallcrashindeed. Brissendenhadbeenwhollyrightinhisjudgmentofthemagazines,andhe,Martin,hadspentarduousandfutileyearsinordertofinditoutforhimself. 

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