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diff --git a/42914-h/42914-h.htm b/42914-h/42914-h.htm index 7876960..0b19cbf 100644 --- a/42914-h/42914-h.htm +++ b/42914-h/42914-h.htm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of Gladiator, by Philip Wylie. @@ -172,43 +172,7 @@ table { </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Gladiator, by Philip Wylie - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Gladiator - -Author: Philip Wylie - -Release Date: June 11, 2013 [EBook #42914] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GLADIATOR *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 42914 ***</div> <div class="figcenter"> <img src="images/tp.jpg" alt=""/> @@ -389,7 +353,7 @@ apparatus.</p> <p>"Well—I won't have such goings on, and that's all there is to it."</p> -<p>Danner collected the débris. He buried the tadpoles. One was dissected +<p>Danner collected the débris. He buried the tadpoles. One was dissected first. Then he wrote for a long time in his notebook. After that he went out and, with some difficulty, secured a pregnant cat. A week later he chloroformed the tabby and inoculated her. Then he waited. He had been @@ -577,7 +541,7 @@ relentless poison in his laboratory and fed it to the kitten in a brace of meaty chops. The dying agonies of Samson, aged seven weeks, were Homeric.</p> -<p>After that, Danner did nothing for some days. He wondered if his formulæ +<p>After that, Danner did nothing for some days. He wondered if his formulæ and processes should be given to the world. But, being primarily a man of vast imagination, he foresaw hundreds of rash experiments. Suppose, he thought, that his discovery was tried on a lion, or an elephant! Such @@ -765,7 +729,7 @@ his features. They didn't blame him.</p> <h2>III</h2> -<p>Calm and quiet held their negative sway over the Danner ménage for an +<p>Calm and quiet held their negative sway over the Danner ménage for an hour, and then there was a disturbed fretting that developed into a lusty bawl. The professor passed a fatigued hand over his brow. He was unaccustomed to the dissonances of his offspring. Young Hugo—they had @@ -2459,7 +2423,7 @@ Best house on the campus. Great school, Webster. You'll love it."</p> wanted to be in the air. He hastened to the platform of the car and stood on it, squinting his eyes at the countryside. When they reached the Grand Central Terminal he was cured of his faintness. They rode to -the theatre in an omnibus and saw the matinée of a musical show. Hugo +the theatre in an omnibus and saw the matinée of a musical show. Hugo had never realized that so many pretty girls could be gathered together in one place. Their scant, glittering costumes flashed in his face. He wanted them. Between the acts the fraternity repaired in a body to the @@ -3206,7 +3170,7 @@ June dust. Then Chuck:</p> <p>"Yeah. Take care of yourself."</p> <p>"No chance of your going abroad, is there? Because we sure could paint -the old Avenue de l'Opéra red if you did."</p> +the old Avenue de l'Opéra red if you did."</p> <p>"Not this year, Chuck."</p> @@ -3500,7 +3464,7 @@ bed. "It ain't much of a dump, baby, but I'll make you like it."</p> <p>Much later, in the abyss of darkness, he heard her voice, sleepy and still husky. "Say, mister, what's your name?"</p> -<p>In the morning they went down to the boulevard together. The gay débris +<p>In the morning they went down to the boulevard together. The gay débris of the night before lay in the street, and men were sweeping it away. But their spirits were high. They had breakfast together in a quiet enchantment. Once she kissed him.</p> @@ -3862,7 +3826,7 @@ inextricably.</p> waited for the precise moment. It came swiftly and in a better guise than she had hoped. On a night in early September, when the crowds had thinned a little, Hugo was just buckling himself into the harness that -lifted the horse. The spectators were waiting for the dénouement with +lifted the horse. The spectators were waiting for the dénouement with bickering patience. Charlotte was standing on the platform, watching him with expressionless eyes. She knew that soon she would not see Hugo any more. She knew that he was tired of his small show, that he was chafing @@ -4013,7 +3977,7 @@ the breath of men and their sharp, painful fall to earth.</p> as he broke away time and again, with infantile ease, to carry that precious ball. He let them make a touchdown that he could have averted. He made one himself. Then another. The bell on Webster Hall was booming -its pæan of victory. He stiffened under the steady monody. He remembered +its pæan of victory. He stiffened under the steady monody. He remembered again. Lefty barking signals with a strange agony in his voice. Lefty pounding on his shoulder. "Go in there, Hugo, and give it to them. I can't." Lefty pleading. And the captain, Jerry Painter, cursing in open @@ -4420,7 +4384,7 @@ his joints. When the sky faded, he went back. He packed his clothes in two suit-cases. With them swinging at his side, he stole out of the Psi Delta house, crossed the campus, stopped. For a long instant he stared at Webster Hall. The first light of morning was just touching it. The -débris collected for a fire that was never lighted was strewn around the +débris collected for a fire that was never lighted was strewn around the cannon. He saw the initials he had painted there a year and more ago still faintly legible. A lump rose in his throat.</p> @@ -4631,11 +4595,11 @@ was jammed with frantic and frightened people who were trying only to get away. Hugo's ambition, growing in him like a fire, was in the opposite direction. War! And he was Hugo Danner!</p> -<p>He sat at a café toward the middle of the afternoon. He was so excited +<p>He sat at a café toward the middle of the afternoon. He was so excited by the contagion in his veins that he scarcely thrilled at the first use -of his new and half-mastered tongue. The <i>garçon</i> hurried to his table.</p> +of his new and half-mastered tongue. The <i>garçon</i> hurried to his table.</p> -<p>"<i>De la bière</i>," Hugo said.</p> +<p>"<i>De la bière</i>," Hugo said.</p> <p>The waiter asked a question which Hugo could not understand, so he repeated his order in the universal language of measurement of a large @@ -4692,7 +4656,7 @@ ears. And the bands played.</p> <p>The chaos did not diminish at night, but, rather, it increased. He went with milling crowds to a bulletin board. The Germans had commenced to move. They had entered Belgium in violation of treaties long held -sacred. Belgium was resisting and Liége was shaking at the devastation +sacred. Belgium was resisting and Liége was shaking at the devastation of the great howitzers. A terrible crime. Hugo shook with the rage of the crowd. The first outrages and violations, highly magnified, were reported. The blond beast would have to be broken.</p> @@ -4711,7 +4675,7 @@ face. "American?"</p> <p>"Let's have a drink."</p> -<p>They separated themselves from the mob and went to a crowded café. The +<p>They separated themselves from the mob and went to a crowded café. The man sat down and Hugo took a chair at his side. "As you put it," the man said, "there is hell to pay. Let's drink on the payment."</p> @@ -4757,8 +4721,8 @@ dangerous to Germany than France—or England, for that matter."</p> <p>"That's a rather cold-blooded viewpoint."</p> -<p>Shayne nodded. "I've been raised on it. <i>Garçon, l'addition, s'il vous -plaît.</i>" He reached for his pocketbook simultaneously with Hugo. "I'm +<p>Shayne nodded. "I've been raised on it. <i>Garçon, l'addition, s'il vous +plaît.</i>" He reached for his pocketbook simultaneously with Hugo. "I'm sorry you're stranded," he said, "and if a hundred francs will help, I'll be glad to let you have it. I can't do more."</p> @@ -4803,7 +4767,7 @@ do you say?"</p> <p>"I'd like to have dinner with you."</p> -<p>They walked down the Cannebière. At a restaurant on the east side near +<p>They walked down the Cannebière. At a restaurant on the east side near the foot of the thoroughfare they found a table in the corner. A pair of waiters hastened to take their order. The place was riotous with voices and the musical sounds of dining. On a special table was a great @@ -4812,7 +4776,7 @@ Shayne consulted with his companion and then ordered in fluent French. The meal that was brought approached a perfection of service and a superiority of cooking that Hugo had never experienced. And always the babble, the blare of bands, the swelling and fading persistence of the -stringed orchestra, the stream of purple Châteauneuf du Pape and its +stringed orchestra, the stream of purple Châteauneuf du Pape and its flinty taste, the glitter of the lights and the bright colours on the mosaics that represented the principal cities of Europe. It was a splendid meal.</p> @@ -4855,7 +4819,7 @@ sight and control. But I'm going to cut away to-morrow."</p> <p>"Splendid!" They shook hands across the table.</p> -<p>Three hours later found them at another café. They had been walking part +<p>Three hours later found them at another café. They had been walking part of the time in the throngs on the street. For a while they had stood outside a newspaper office watching the bulletins. They were quite drunk.</p> @@ -4877,7 +4841,7 @@ real tragedy. She's a useless old fool, Aunt Emma. Never did a valuable thing in her life. Goes in for charity—just like we go in for golf and what-not. Oh, well, to hell with Aunt Emma."</p> -<p>Hugo banged his glass on the table. "<i>Garçon! Encore deux whiskey à +<p>Hugo banged his glass on the table. "<i>Garçon! Encore deux whiskey à l'eau</i> and to hell with Aunt Emma."</p> <p>"Like to play roulette?"</p> @@ -4911,7 +4875,7 @@ good strong mouse."</p> <p>"We'll fix that. Hey! Marcelle! Got any Fernet-Branca?"</p> <p>The girl came with two large glasses of the pick-me-up. Hugo swallowed -the bitter brown fluid and shuddered. Claudine awoke. "<i>Chéri!</i>" she +the bitter brown fluid and shuddered. Claudine awoke. "<i>Chéri!</i>" she sighed, and kissed him.</p> <p>They sat on the edge of the bed. "Boy!" Hugo said. "What a binge!"</p> @@ -5386,7 +5350,7 @@ Blaisencourt was now a street of houses' ghosts, of rubble and dirt, populated by soldiers. A little new grass sprouted peevishly here and there; an occasional house retained enough of its original shape to harbour an industry. Captain Crouan, his arm in a sling, was looking -over a heap of débris with the aid of field glasses.</p> +over a heap of débris with the aid of field glasses.</p> <p>"I see him," he said, pointing to a place on the boiling field where an apparent lump of soil had detached itself.</p> @@ -5397,14 +5361,14 @@ only had a company of such men!"</p> <p>His aide, squatted near by, muttered something under his breath. The captain spoke again. "He is very near their infernal little gun now. He has taken his rope. Ahaaaa! He spins it in the air. It falls. They are -astonished. They rise up in the trench. Quick, Phèdre! Give me a rifle." +astonished. They rise up in the trench. Quick, Phèdre! Give me a rifle." The rifle barked sharply four, five times. Its bullet found a mark. Then another. "Ahaaa! Two of them! And M. Danner now has his rope on that pig's breath. It comes up. See! He has taken it under his arm! They are shooting their machine guns. He drops into a shell hole. He has been -hit, but he is laughing at them. He leaps. Look out, Phèdre!"</p> +hit, but he is laughing at them. He leaps. Look out, Phèdre!"</p> -<p>Hugo landed behind the débris with a small German trench mortar in his +<p>Hugo landed behind the débris with a small German trench mortar in his arms. He set it on the floor. The captain opened his mouth, and Hugo waved to him to be silent. Deliberately, Hugo looked over the rickety parapet of loose stones. He elevated the muzzle of the gun and drew back @@ -5464,7 +5428,7 @@ shrugged. Half a dozen men lounged near by. Beside and above them were the muzzles of four squat guns and the irregular silhouette of a heap of ammunition. Two of the men rolled onto their backs and panted. "I wish," one said in a soft voice, "that I was back in the Hofbrau at Munich with -a tall stein of beer, with that fat <i>Fräulein</i> that kissed me in the +a tall stein of beer, with that fat <i>Fräulein</i> that kissed me in the Potsdam station last September sitting at my side and the orchestra playing—"</p> @@ -5832,7 +5796,7 @@ Shayne's father. This is Mrs. Shayne."</p> <p>Hugo felt a great lack of interest in them. They had come too late. It was their son who had been his friend. He almost regretted the letter. He shook hands with them. Mrs. Shayne went to an automobile. Her husband -invited Hugo to a café. Over the wine he became suddenly less dignified, +invited Hugo to a café. Over the wine he became suddenly less dignified, more human, and almost pathetic. "Tell me about him, Danner. I loved that kid once, you know."</p> @@ -5920,7 +5884,7 @@ that they had not yet commenced to wonder.</p> <p>They did not know the hammer and shock of falling shells and the jelly and putty which men became. They chafed and bantered and stormed every -café and cocotte impartially, recklessly. Even the Legion had been more +café and cocotte impartially, recklessly. Even the Legion had been more grim and better prepared for the iron feet of war. They fell upon Hugo with their atrocious French—two young men who wanted a drink and could not make the bar-tender understand.</p> @@ -5962,7 +5926,7 @@ claim, is it?"</p> <p>Hugo shrugged. "There are only four men in service now who started with my company."</p> -<p>"Ouch! <i>Garçon! Encore!</i> An' tell him to make it double—no, +<p>"Ouch! <i>Garçon! Encore!</i> An' tell him to make it double—no, triple—Dan, old man. It may be my last." To Hugo: "Well, it's about time we got here an' took the war off your shoulders. You guys sure have had a bellyful. An' I'm goin' to get me one right here and now. Bottoms @@ -6188,7 +6152,7 @@ different. But he was not great enough for that. He had been a thousand men, perhaps ten thousand, but he could not be millions. He could not wrap his arms around a continent and squeeze it into submission. There were too many people and they were too stupid to do more than fear him -and hate him. Sitting there, he realized that his naïve faith in +and hate him. Sitting there, he realized that his naïve faith in himself and the universe had foundered. The war was only another war that future generations would find romantic to contemplate and dull to study. He was only a species of genius who had missed his mark by a @@ -7234,7 +7198,7 @@ road.</p> <p>After his luncheon he allowed a truck to carry him farther from the city, deeper into the magic of spring. The driver bubbled with it—he wore a purple tulip in his greasy cap and he slowed down on the -hilltops with an unassuming reverence and a naïve slang that fitted well +hilltops with an unassuming reverence and a naïve slang that fitted well with Hugo's mood. When he reached his destination, Hugo walked on with reluctance. Shadows of the higher places moved into the lowlands. He crossed a brook and leaned over its middle on the bridge rail, @@ -7299,7 +7263,7 @@ the moment we haven't a man."</p> <p>"Oh! Come in. Try it." An eagerness was apparent in his tone. While Hugo still halted on a knoll of indecision, a woman opened the French windows -which lined one façade of the house and stepped down from the porch. She +which lined one façade of the house and stepped down from the porch. She was very tall and very slender. Her eyes were slaty blue and there was a delicate suggestion—almost an apparition—of grey in her hair.</p> @@ -7333,7 +7297,7 @@ you'll come with me now, I'll start you right in."</p> <p>Until noon Hugo cleaned stables. There were two dozen cows—animals that would have seemed beautiful to a rustic connoisseur—and one lordly bull with malignant horns and bloodshot eyes. He shoveled the pungent and not -offensive débris into a wheelbarrow and transferred it to a dung-heap +offensive débris into a wheelbarrow and transferred it to a dung-heap that sweated with internal humidity. At noon Cane came into the barn.</p> <p>"Pretty good," he said, viewing floors fairly shaved by Hugo's @@ -8209,7 +8173,7 @@ friends thought to be lobbying for some impending legislation.</p> <p>He picked out an individual readily enough. Some of the men he had come to know were in the Senate, others in the House of Representatives, -others were diplomats, newspaper reporters, attachés. Each alliance had +others were diplomats, newspaper reporters, attachés. Each alliance had been cemented with care and purpose. His knowledge of an enemy came by whisperings, by hints, by plain statements.</p> @@ -8763,7 +8727,7 @@ away and find a new dream.</p> river on a bridge and went back to his house. He felt strong again and glad—glad because he had won an obscure victory, glad because the farce of his quest in political government had ended with no tragic -dénouement.</p> +dénouement.</p> <p>They were electrocuting Davidoff and Pletzky that day. The news scarcely interested Hugo. The part he had very nearly played in the affair seemed @@ -8825,14 +8789,14 @@ be excavated. The world was cluttered with these great lumps of incredible architecture. Walls had been builded by primitive man, temples, hanging gardens, obelisks, pyramids, palaces, bridges, terraces, roads—all of them gigantic and all of them defying the -penetration of archæology to find the manner of their creation. Was it +penetration of archæology to find the manner of their creation. Was it not possible—Hugo's heart skipped a beat when it occurred to him—that in their strange combination of ignorance and brilliance the ancients had stumbled upon the secret of human strength—his secret! Had not those antique and migratory peoples carried with them the formula which could be poured into the veins of slaves, making them stronger than engines? And was it not conceivable that, as their civilizations -crumbled, the secret was lost, together with so many other formulæ of +crumbled, the secret was lost, together with so many other formulæ of knowledge?</p> <p>He could imagine plumed and painted priests with prayer and sacrifice @@ -8862,7 +8826,7 @@ expedition."</p> <p>"I'd be glad to go in any capacity—"</p> <p>"Have you special qualifications? Knowledge of the language? Of -archæology?"</p> +archæology?"</p> <p>"No."</p> @@ -9010,7 +8974,7 @@ its position.</p> <p>Hardin was thinking aloud. "That stone must weigh four tons. No man alive can handle four tons like that. How do you do it, Hugo?"</p> -<p>Hot, streaming sun. Tumbled débris. This profound question asked again, +<p>Hot, streaming sun. Tumbled débris. This profound question asked again, asked mildly for the first time. "My father—was a biologist. A great biologist. I was—an experiment."</p> @@ -9243,385 +9207,6 @@ was saddened and perplexed.</p> <p>"We will carry him yonder to Uctotol and bury him," he said at last; "then—the work will go on."</p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Gladiator, by Philip Wylie - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GLADIATOR *** - -***** This file should be named 42914-h.htm or 42914-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/2/9/1/42914/ - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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