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TextAGatsby’sParty(Excerpt)
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—fratsby(Chapter3)
F.ScottFitzgerald
[1]IbelievethathtIwenttoGatsby’shouseIwasohefewguestswhohadactuallybeeninvited.PeoplewereheyweheygotintoautomobileswhiouttoLongIsland,aheyeGatsby’sdoor.Oheywereintroduebodywhoksby,aheyductedthemselvesagtotherulesofbehaviorassociatedwithamusementparks.Sometimestheydwentwithouthavisbyatall,cameforthepartylicityofheartthatwasitsowofadmission.
[2]Ihadbeenavited.AchauffeurinaunifgblueylawSaturdaymrisinglyformalnotefromhisemployer:thehonorwouldbeesby’s,itsaid,ifIwouldattendhis“littleparty”
thatnight.Hehadseeimes,andhadioeloapebinationofceshadpreve—sigsby,iid.
[3]Dressedupinwhiteflaohislawerseven,andwanderedaroueaseamongswirlsandeddiesofpeopleIdidn’tknow—thoughhereandtherewasafaotimutingtrain.IwasimmediatelystruckbythenumberofyoungEedabout;allwelldressed,alllookingalittlehungry,andalltalkingivoicestosolidandprosperousAmeris.Iwassurethattheyweresellihing:bondsoriomobiles.Theywereatleastagoniziheeasymoyandcedthatitwastheirsforafewwordsikey.
[4]AssoonasIarrivedImadeaofindmyhost,butthetwoorthreepeopleofwhomIaskedhiswhereaboutsstaredatmeinsuamazedway,anddelyanyknowledgeofhismovements,thatIslunkoffiioailtable—theohegardenwhereasinglemangerwithoutlookingpurposelessandalone.
[5]IwasonmywaytdrunkfromsheerembarrassmentwhenJordanBakercameoutofthehouseandstoodattheheadofthemarblesteps,leaningalittlebadlookingwithptuousidownintothegarden.
[6]Weleornot,IfouoattachmyselftosomeonebeforeIshouldbegintoaddressarkstothepassers-by.
[7]“Hello!”
Iroared,advangtowardher.Myvoiceseemedunnaturallylarden.
[8]“Ithoughtyoumightbehere,”
sherespolyasIcameup.“Irememberedyoulivedo—”
Sheheldmyhandimpersonally,asapromisethatshe’dtakeeinaminute,awogirlsintwinyellowdresses,whostoppedatthefootofthesteps.
[9]“Hello!”
theycriedtogether.“Sorry,youdidn’twin.”
[10]Thatwasfolftour.Shehadlostiheweekbefore.
[11]“Youdon’tknoeare,”
saidohegirlsinyellow,“butwemetyouhereaboutamonthago.”
[12]“You’vedyedyourhairsihen,”
remarkedJordan,andIstarted,butthegirlshadmovedcasuallyonandherremarkwasaddressedtotheprematuremoohesupper,nodoubt,outofacaterer’sbasket.WithJordan’sslenderginmihestepsathegarden.Atrayofcocktailsfloatedatusthroughthetwilight,adownatatablewiththetwogirlsinyellowandthreemen,eatrodur.Mumble.
[13]“Doyouetothesepartiesoften?”
inquiredJordanofthegirlbesideher.
[14]“Thelastoheo,”
ahegirl,itvoice.Sheturoherpanion:“Wasn’titforyou,Lucille?”
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