[Pocket Edition] World Literature Classics Library - Martin Eden

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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: He took out the key, opened the door, and entered the house. The young man right on his heels immediately took off his hat and became uneasy. The youth was dressed in rough materials and smelled of the sea. Upon entering the spacious hall, he felt as if he had gone to the wrong place and seemed quite uncomfortable. After taking off his hat, he didn’t know where to put it. Just as he was about to stuff it into his jacket pocket, another person took it from him gracefully and naturally. The uneasy young man couldn’t help but admire him, thinking, "He really knows how to handle things; he’ll take care of me in everything." With a sway of his shoulders, he followed the other person. The floor was very smooth, but his legs moved uncontrollably as if the ground were like the sea, rising and falling. Each room was large, but he found them too small because his steps were too hurried. He was on edge, fearing his shoulders would be too wide and he might bump into the doorframe or knock over the small antique on the low mantelpiece.