Chapter 4

           OnSundaymorningwhilechurchbellsranginthevillagesalongshore,theworldanditsmistressreturnedtoGatsby’shouseandtwinkledhilariouslyonhislawn.

           "He’sabootlegger,"saidtheyoungladies,movingsomewherebetweenhiscocktailsandhisflowers."OnetimehekilledamanwhohadfoundoutthathewasnephewtoVonHindenburgandsecondcousintothedevil.Reachmearose,honey,andpourmealastdropintothattherecrystalglass."

           OnceIwrotedownontheemptyspacesofatime-tablethenamesofthosewhocametoGatsby’shousethatsummer.Itisanoldtime-tablenow,disintegratingatitsfolds,andheaded"ThisscheduleineffectJuly5th,1922."ButIcanstillreadthegraynames,andtheywillgiveyouabetterimpressionthanmygeneralitiesofthosewhoacceptedGatsby’shospitalityandpaidhimthesubtletributeofknowingnothingwhateverabouthim.

           FromEastEgg,then,cametheChesterBeckersandtheLeeches,andamannamedBunsen,whomIknewatYale,andDoctorWebsterCivet,whowasdrownedlastsummerupinMaine.AndtheHornbeamsandtheWillieVoltaires,andawholeclannamedBlackbuck,whoalwaysgatheredinacornerandflippeduptheirnoseslikegoatsatwhosoevercamenear.AndtheIsmaysandtheChrysties(orratherHubertAuerbachandMr.Chrystie’swife),andEdgarBeaver,whosehair,theysay,turnedcotton-whiteonewinterafternoonfornogoodreasonatall.

           ClarenceEndivewasfromEastEgg,asIremember.Hecameonlyonce,inwhiteknickerbockers,andhadafightwithabumnamedEttyinthegarden.