 | Paul Stought Jul 2 |
| about, and those things are the latest operas, latest novels, cards, billiards, cocktails, automobiles, horse shows, trout fishing, tuna-fishing, big-game shooting, yacht sailing, and so forth—and mark you, these are the things the idlers know. In all truth, they constitute the shop-talk of the idlers. And the funniest part of it is that many of the clever people, and all the would-be clever people, allow the idlers so to impose upon them. As for me, I want the best a man's got in him, call it shop vulgarity or anything you please." | ubout and dhoez thingz or dhu laetust opuruz, laetust novulz, kordz, bilyurdz, koktaelz, autumoebylz, haurs showz, trout fishing, toonu-fishing, big-gaem shooting, yot saeling, and soe faurth—and mork ue, dhyz or dhu thingz dhy iedulurz noe. In aul trooth, dhae konstutoot dhu shop-taulk uv dhy iedulurz. And dhu funyust port uv it iz dhat meny uv dhu klevur pypul, and aul dhu wwd-by klevur pypul, ulou dhy iedulurz soe too impoez upon dhem. Az faur my, Ie wunt dhu best u man'z got in him, kaul it shop vulgaruty aur enything ue plyz." | | And Ruth had not understood. This attack of his on the established had seemed to her just so much wilfulness of opinion. | And Rooth had not undurstwd. This utak uv hiz on dhy establishd had symd too hur just soe much wilfulnus uv upinyun. | | So Martin contaminated Professor Caldwell with his own earnestness, challenging him to speak his mind. As Ruth paused beside them she heard Martin saying:- | Soe Mortun kuntamunaetud Prufesur Kauldwel with hiz oen urnustnus, chalunjing him too spyk hiz miend. Az Rooth pauzd bisied dhem shy hurd Mortun sa.ing:- | | "You surely don't pronounce such heresies in the University of California?" | "Ue shwrly doent prunouns such herusyz in dhu Uenuvursuty uv Kalufaurnyu?" | | Professor Caldwell shrugged his shoulders. "The honest taxpayer and the politician, you know. Sacramento gives us our appropriations and therefore we kowtow to Sacramento, and to the Board of Regents, and to the party press, or to the press of both parties." | Prufesur Kauldwel shrugd hiz shoeldurz. "Dhy onust takspa.ur and dhu polutishun, ue noe. Sakrumentoe givz us our uproepryaeshunz and dherfaur wy koutou too Sakrumentoe, and too dhu Baurd uv Ryjunts, and too dhu porty pres, aur too dhu pres uv boeth portyz." | | "Yes, that's clear; but how about you?" Martin urged. "You must be a fish out of the water." | "Yes, dhat's klir; but hou ubout ue?" Mortun urjd. "Ue must by u fish out uv dhu wotur." | | "Few like me, I imagine, in the university pond. Sometimes I am fairly sure I am out of water, and that I should belong in Paris, in Grub Street, in a hermit's cave, or in some sadly wild Bohemian crowd, drinking claret,—dago-red they call it in San Francisco,—dining in cheap restaurants in the Latin Quarter, and expressing vociferously radical views | "Fue liek my, Ie imajun, in dhu uenuvursuty pond. Sumtiemz Ie am ferly shwr Ie am out uv wotur, and dhat Ie shwd bilong in Parus, in Grub Stryt, in u hurmut's kaev, aur in sum sadly wield Boehymyun kroud, dringking klarut,--daegoe-red dhae kaul it in San Frunsiskoe,--diening in chyp resturonts in dhu Latun Kwaurtur, and ekspresing vosifurusly radikul vuez | | 263a | 263a | | Martin Eden Martin Eden Intro |
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