Мартин Иден

Chapter 8

           Theconjugalaffectionofherfatherandmotherconstitutedheridealoflove-affinity,andshelookedforwardsomedaytoemerging,withoutshockorfriction,intothatsamequietsweetnessofexistencewithalovedone. 

           SoitwasthatshelookeduponMartinEdenasanovelty,astrangeindividual,andsheidentifiedwithnoveltyandstrangenesstheeffectsheproduceduponher. Itwasonlynatural. Insimilarwaysshehadexperiencedunusualfeelingswhenshelookedatwildanimalsinthemenagerie,orwhenshewitnessedastormofwind,orshudderedatthebright-ribbedlightning. Therewassomethingcosmicinsuchthings,andtherewassomethingcosmicinhim. Hecametoherbreathingoflargeairsandgreatspaces. Theblazeoftropicsunswasinhisface,andinhisswelling,resilientmuscleswastheprimordialvigoroflife. Hewasmarredandscarredbythatmysteriousworldofroughmenandrougherdeeds,theoutpostsofwhichbeganbeyondherhorizon. Hewasuntamed,wild,andinsecretwayshervanitywastouchedbythefactthathecamesomildlytoherhand. Likewiseshewasstirredbythecommonimpulsetotamethewildthing. Itwasanunconsciousimpulse,andfarthestfromherthoughtsthatherdesirewastore-thumbtheclayofhimintoalikenessofherfather’simage,whichimageshebelievedtobethefinestintheworld. Norwasthereanyway,outofherinexperience,forhertoknowthatthecosmicfeelshecaughtofhimwasthatmostcosmicofthings,love,whichwithequalpowerdrewmenandwomentogetheracrosstheworld,compelledstagstokilleachotherintheruttingseason,anddroveeventheelementsirresistiblytounite. 

           Hisswiftdevelopmentwasasourceofsurpriseandinterest. Shedetectedunguessedfinenessesinhimthatseemedtobud,daybyday,likeflowersincongenialsoil. 

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