Великий Гэтсби

           "ThelastonewastheoneImetyouat,"answeredthegirl,inanalertconfidentvoice.Sheturnedtohercompanion:"Wasn’titforyou,Lucille?"

           ItwasforLucille,too.

           "Iliketocome,"Lucillesaid."InevercarewhatIdo,soIalwayshaveagoodtime.WhenIwasherelastItoremygownonachair,andheaskedmemynameandaddress—insideofaweekIgotapackagefromCroirier’swithaneweveninggowninit."

           "Didyoukeepit?"askedJordan.

           "SureIdid.Iwasgoingtowearitto-night,butitwastoobiginthebustandhadtobealtered.Itwasgasbluewithlavenderbeads.Twohundredandsixty-fivedollars."

           "There’ssomethingfunnyaboutafellowthat’lldoathinglikethat,"saidtheothergirleagerly."Hedoesn’twantanytroublewithanybody."

           "Whodoesn’t?"Iinquired.

           "Gatsby.Somebodytoldme——"

           ThetwogirlsandJordanleanedtogetherconfidentially.

           "Somebodytoldmetheythoughthekilledamanonce."

           Athrillpassedoverallofus.ThethreeMr.Mumblesbentforwardandlistenedeagerly.

           "Idon’tthinkit’ssomuchthat,"arguedLucillesceptically;"it’smorethathewasaGermanspyduringthewar."