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2、lllikeastringpluckedonaninstrument.Shewasstillbeautiful,morebeautifulinherlatetwentiesthanevershehadbeen,butrepolishednowbyrecapturingoftheearlierjoyandvivacity.Yetwhenthetimecametoturnnorthagainshealwayswentungrudgingly,drawnnowbyahungerandanxietyforherchildren,whoduringtheseholida
3、ysstayedatapleasantfarmschoolinHertfordshire,because,asshewouldsay,nTheymustbegettingsicktodeathofthefoodupthere;1knowthepoorHthingsloathethefishtheyget.nForMerediththeseEuropeanvacationswereessentialinadifferentwayfortonicandtherapeuticratherthanforspiritualvalues.Bytheendofasecond
4、yearinLondonthestrainofattemptingtodotwodemandingandhighlyconcentratedjobswasbeginningseriouslytotellonhim,hewasbeingmauledalsobythedivisioninhisinterests.HehadbythistimehadtwonovelspublishedbyaBloomsburyfirmhighlydistinguishedinthemarerarefiedlevelsofpoetry.,belles-lettres,drama,cr
5、iticism,freearts,andscholarship,butjustfeelingitsway,notentirelysuccessfully,intotheworldoffictionwithmorehurly-burly.SothatwhileMeredithcouldraiseeyebrows(beingAustralian)atliterarycocktail1partiesbysayingwhohispublisherswerezhisadvancesonroyaltieswereverysmallandhissalessoinconsid
6、erableasnevertojustifyexpectationofanyfurthersumbeyondtheinitialroyaltypayment.Ontheotherhand,bothbooks,possiblybecauseofthepublisher1simprint,hadreceivedpassingcommendationofasortinanumberofthebetterliterarycolumns•Whilefarfrombeinghailedasa"discovery"therewerelittlemeasuresofprais
7、eforsomeaspectsofhiswritingandtwocriticsevensawindicationsofHsomeconsiderablepromise11,thisapprehension,ofcourse,beingsubstantiallyqualifiedbywhatthecriticsthenwentontosay.Meredith,nonetheless,wasimmenselyencouraged,andfeverishlywenttoworkonhisHbigf,novel,averyambitioushistoricalrec
8、onstructionofthepas