Martin Eden Ch 44 p423

Paul Stought

Aug 31

CHAPTER 44	CHAPTUR 44
Mr. Morse met Martin in the office of the Hotel Metropole. Whether he had happened there just casually, intent on other affairs, or whether he had come there for the direct purpose of inviting him to dinner, Martin never could quite make up his mind, though he inclined toward the second hypothesis. At any rate, invited to dinner he was by Mr. Morse—Ruth's father, who had forbidden him the house and broken off the engagement.	Mr. Maurs met Mortun in dhy ofus uv dhu Hoetel Metrupoel. Whedhur hy had hapund dher just kazhuuly, intent on udhur uferz, aur whedhur hy had kum dher faur dhu durekt purpus uv invieting him too dinur, Mortun nevur kwd kwiet maek up hiz miend, dhoe hy inkliend tuwaurd dhu sekund hiepothusus. At eny raet, invietud too dinur hy wuz bie Mr. Maurs—Rooth's fodhur, hoo had faurbidun him dhu hous and broekun of dhy ingaejmunt.
Martin was not angry. He was not even on his dignity. He tolerated Mr. Morse, wondering the while how it felt to eat such humble pie. He did not decline the invitation. Instead, he put it off with vagueness and indefiniteness and inquired after the family, particularly after Mrs. Morse and Ruth. He spoke her name without hesitancy, naturally, though secretly surprised that he had had no inward quiver, no old, familiar increase of pulse and warm surge of blood.	Mortun wuz not anggry. Hy wuz not yvun on hiz dignuty. Hy toluraetud Mr. Maurs, wunduring dhu whiel hou it felt too yt such humbul pie. Hy did not diklien dhy invutaeshun. Insted, hy pwt it of with vaegnus and indefunutnus and inkwierd aftur dhu famuly, purtikyulurly aftur Mrs, Maurs and Rooth. Hy spoek hur naem without hezutunsy, nachuruly, dhoe sykrutly surpriezd dhat hy had had noe inwurd kwivur, noe oeld, fumilyur inkrys uv puls and waurm surj uv blud.
He had many invitations to dinner, some of which he accepted. Persons got themselves introduced to him in order to invite him to dinner. And he went on puzzling over the little thing that was becoming a great thing. Bernard Higginbotham invited him to dinner. He puzzled the harder. He remembered the days of his desperate starvation when no one invited him to dinner. That was the time he needed dinners, and went weak and faint for lack of them and lost weight from sheer famine. That was the paradox of it. When he wanted dinners, no one gave them to him, and now that he could buy a hundred thousand dinners and was losing his appetite, dinners were thrust upon him right and left. But why? There was no justice in it, no merit on his part. He was no different. All the work he had done was even at that time work performed. Mr. and Mrs. Morse had condemned him for an idler and a shirk and through Ruth had urged that he take a clerk's position in an office. Furthermore,	Hy had meny invutaeshunz too dinur, sum uv which hy akseptud. Pursunz got dhemselvz intrudoosd too him in aurdur too inviet him too dinur. And hy went on puzuling oevur dhu litul thing dhat wuz bikuming u graet thing. Burnord Higunbothum invietud him too dinur. Hy puzuld dhu hordur. Hy rimemburd dhu daez uv hiz despurut storvaeshun when noe wun invietud him too dinur. Dhat wuz dhu tiem hy nydud dinurz, and went wyk and faent faur lak uv dhem and lost waet frum shir famun. Dhat wuz dhu parudoks uv it. When hy wuntud dinurz, noe wun gaev dhem too him, and nou dhat hy kwd bie u hundrud thouzunt dinurz and wuz loozing hiz aputiet, dinurz wur thrust upon him riet and left. But whie? Dher wuz noe justus in it, noe merut on hiz port. Hy wuz noe difurunt. Aul dhu wurk hy had dun wuz yvun at dhat tiem work purfaurmd. Mr. and Mrs. Maurs had kundemd him faur an iedulur and u shurk and throo Rooth had urjd dhat hy taek u klurk's puzishun in an ofus. Furdhurmaur,
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