WhenIcamehometoWestEggthatnightIwasafraidforamomentthatmyhousewasonfire.Twoo'clockandthewholecornerofthepeninsula(半岛)wasblazing(炽热的)withlightwhichfellunrealontheshrubbery(灌木丛)andmadethinelongating(伸长)glints(闪烁)upontheroadsidewires.TurningacornerIsawthatitwasGatsby'shouse,litfromtowertocellar.(...
When I came home to West Egg that night I was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire. Two o'clock and the whole comer of the peninsula was blazing with light, which fell unreal on the shrubbery and made thin elongating glints upon the roadside wires.Turning a comer, I saw t...
So I don’t know whether or not Gatsby went to Coney Island, or for how many hours he “glanced into rooms” while his house blazed gaudily on. I called up Daisy from the office next morning, and invited her to come to tea. “Don’t bring Tom,” I warned her. “What?” “Don...
But, because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service to be rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there. “I’ve got my hands full,” I said. “I’m much obliged but I couldn’t take on any more work.” “You wouldn’t have to do any business with Wolf...