Великий Гэтсби
Chapter 1
IsaidlightlythatIhadheardnothingatall,andafewminuteslaterIgotuptogohome.Theycametothedoorwithmeandstoodsidebysideinacheerfulsquareoflight.AsIstartedmymotorDaisyperemptorilycalled:"Wait!"
"Iforgottoaskyousomething,andit’simportant.WeheardyouwereengagedtoagirloutWest."
"That’sright,"corroboratedTomkindly."Weheardthatyouwereengaged."
"It’slibel.I’mtoopoor."
"Butweheardit,"insistedDaisy,surprisingmebyopeningupagaininaflower-likeway."Wehearditfromthreepeople,soitmustbetrue."
OfcourseIknewwhattheywerereferringto,butIwasn’tevenvaguelyengaged.ThefactthatgossiphadpublishedthebannswasoneofthereasonsIhadcomeEast.Youcan’tstopgoingwithanoldfriendonaccountofrumors,andontheotherhandIhadnointentionofbeingrumoredintomarriage.
Theirinterestrathertouchedmeandmadethemlessremotelyrich—nevertheless,IwasconfusedandalittledisgustedasIdroveaway.ItseemedtomethatthethingforDaisytodowastorushoutofthehouse,childinarms—butapparentlytherewerenosuchintentionsinherhead.AsforTom,thefactthathe"hadsomewomaninNewYork."wasreallylesssurprisingthanthathehadbeendepressedbyabook.Somethingwasmakinghimnibbleattheedgeofstaleideasasifhissturdyphysicalegotismnolongernourishedhisperemptoryheart.
Alreadyitwasdeepsummeronroadhouseroofsandinfrontofwaysidegarages,wherenewredgas-pumpssatoutinpoolsoflight,andwhenI
