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[15]ItwasforLucille,too.

[16]“Iliketoe,”

Lucillesaid.“IIdo,soIalwayshaveagoodtime.WheItownonadheaskedmemynameandaddress—insideofaweekIgotapaCroirier’swithaneweveninggowninit.”

[17]“Didyoukeepit?”

askedJordan.

[18]“SureIdid.Iwasgoio-night,butitwastoobigiandhadtobealtered.Itwasgasbluewithlavewohundredandsixty-fivedollars.”

[19]“There’ssomethingfunnyaboutafellowthat’lldoathi,”

saidtheerly.“Hedoesn’twantahANYbody.”

[20]“Whodoesn’t?”

Iinquired.

[21]“Gatsby.Somebodytoldme—”

[22]ThetwogirlsandJordahertially.

[23]“Somebodytoldmetheythoughthekilledamanonce.”

[24]Athrillpassedoverallofus.ThethreeMr.Mumblesbentforwardandlistenedeagerly.

[25]“Idon’tthinkit’ssomuchTHAT,”

arguedLucillesceptically;“it’smorethathewasaGermanspyduringthe>

[26]Ohemennoddedination.

[27]“Iheardthatfromamanwhoknewallabouthim,grewupwithhiminGermany,”

heassureduspositively.

[28]“Oh,no,”

saidthefirstgirl,“it’tbethat,becausehewasintheAmeriarmyduringthewar.”

Asourcredulityswitchedbacktohersheleanedforwardwithenthusias“Youlookathimsometimeswhehinksnobody’slookingathiI’llbethekilledaman.”

[29]Shenarrowedhereyesandshivered.Lucilleshivered.Weallturnedandlookedaratsby.Itwastestimoicspeheiherewerewhispersabouthimfromthosewhofouwasowhisperaboutinthisworld.

[30]Thefirstsupper—therewouldbeaermidnight—wasnowbeingserved,andJordaojoinherownparty,whowerespreadarouheothersideofthegardehreemarrieddJorda,apersisteegiveinnuendo,andobviouslyuheimpressionthatsooerJoingtoyieldhimupherpersoerree.Instead,thispartyhadpreservedadignifiedhomogey,aselfthefunthestaidnobilityofthetry-side—EastEggdiEgg,andcarefullyainstitsspectroscopicgayety.

[31]“Let’sgetout,”

whisperedJordan,afterasomehowropriatehalf-hour.“Thisismuchtoopoliteforme.”

[32]Wegotup,andsheexplaiweweregoingtofi:Ihadhim,shesaid,anditwasmakiheuenoddedinaicholy>

[33]Thebar,wherewegla,wascrowded,butGatsbywasnotthere.She’tfindhimfromthetopofthesteps,aontheveranda.

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[34]Therewasdanowonthethegarden;oldmenpushingyounggirlsbaeternalgracelesscircles,superiorcouplesholdihertortuously,fashionably,aheers—anumberofsinglegirlsdandividualisticallytheorentoftheburdenofthebaraps.Bymidyhadincreased.AcelebratedteninItalian,andanotorioustraltohadsunginjazz,ahenumberspe“stunts”

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