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“Nobody’s coming to tea. It’s too late!” He looked at his watchas ifthere was some pressingdemand on histimeelse- where. “I can’ ...
loud beating ofmy own heart I pulled the doorto against the increasing rain. Forhalfa minutetherewasn’ta sound.Thenfromtheliving ...
as calmness wasn’t an end in itself, I made an excuse at the first possible moment, and got to my feet. “Where are you going?” d ...
After half an hour, the sun shone again, and the grocer’s automobile rounded Gatsby’s drive with the raw material for hisservant ...
I agreed that it was splendid. “Yes.” His eyes went over it, every arched door and square tower. “It took me just three years to ...
intruding into one chamber where a dishevelled man in paja- mas was doing liver exercises on the floor. It was Mr. Klipspringer, ...
faintorange, and monogramsofIndian blue. Suddenly,with a strainedsound, Daisy bent herhead intothe shirts and began to cry storm ...
“Yes....well,Ican’ttalknow.... Ican’t talknow,oldsport... .Isaida SMALLtown....hemustknowwhatasmalltownis... . well, he’s no use ...
“Don’t talk so much, old sport,” commanded Gatsby. “Play!” “IN THE MORNING, IN THE EVENING, AIN’T WE GOT FUN——” Outsidethewindwa ...
Chapter 6 A bout this time an ambitious young reporter from New Yorkarrived onemorningatGatsby’sdoorandasked him if he had anyth ...
I suppose he’d had the name ready for a long time, even then. His parents were shiftlessand unsuccessful farm people — his imagi ...
Codywas fiftyyears oldthen, aproductoftheNevadasilver fields,ofthe Yukon,ofeveryrush formetal sinceseventy-five. Thetransactions ...
Andit was fromCodythathe inheritedmoney— a legacyof twenty-fivethousanddollars. He didn’t getit.He never under- stoodthelegal de ...
Movedbyanirresistibleimpulse,GatsbyturnedtoTom,who had accepted the introduction as a stranger. “I believe we’ve met somewhere b ...
Therestofuswalkedoutontheporch,whereSloaneandthe lady began an impassioned conversation aside. “MyGod,Ibelievetheman’scoming,”sa ...
mention my name. Or present a green card. I’m giving out green ——” “Look around,” suggested Gatsby. “I’m looking around. I’m hav ...
looked around after a moment and told me thegirl was “com- monbutpretty,”and Iknewthatexceptforthehalf-hourshe’d been alone with ...
But the rest offended her — and inarguably, because it wasn’t a gesture but an emotion. She was appalled by West Egg,this unprec ...
“Lots of people come who haven’t been invited,” she said suddenly. “That girl hadn’t been invited. They simply force their way i ...
fouryears withthatsentencetheycoulddecideupon themore practicalmeasurestobetaken.Oneofthemwasthat,aftershe was free, they were t ...
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