Великий Гэтсби
Chapter 4
FromfartheroutontheIslandcametheCheadlesandtheO.R.P.Schraeders,andtheStonewallJacksonAbramsofGeorgia,andtheFishguardsandtheRipleySnells.Snellwastherethreedaysbeforehewenttothepenitentiary,sodrunkoutonthegraveldrivethatMrs.UlyssesSwett’sautomobileranoverhisrighthand.TheDanciescame,too,andS.B.Whitebait,whowaswelloversixty,andMauriceA.Flink,andtheHammerheads,andBelugathetobaccoimporter,andBeluga’sgirls.
FromWestEggcamethePolesandtheMulreadysandCecilRoebuckandCecilSchoenandGulickthestatesenatorandNewtonOrchid,whocontrolledFilmsParExcellence,andEckhaustandClydeCohenandDonS.Schwartze(theson)andArthurMcCarty,allconnectedwiththemoviesinonewayoranother.AndtheCatlipsandtheBembergsandG.EarlMuldoon,brothertothatMuldoonwhoafterwardstrangledhiswife.DaFontanothepromotercamethere,andEdLegrosandJamesB.("Rot-Gut.")FerretandtheDeJongsandErnestLilly—theycametogamble,andwhenFerretwanderedintothegardenitmeanthewascleanedoutandAssociatedTractionwouldhavetofluctuateprofitablynextday.
AmannamedKlipspringerwastheresooftenandsolongthathebecameknownas"theboarder."—Idoubtifhehadanyotherhome.OftheatricalpeopletherewereGusWaizeandHoraceO’donavanandLesterMeyerandGeorgeDuckweedandFrancisBull.AlsofromNewYorkweretheChromesandtheBackhyssonsandtheDennickersandRusselBettyandtheCorrigansandtheKellehersandtheDewarsandtheScullysandS.W.BelcherandtheSmirkesandtheyoungQuinns,divorcednow,andHenryL.Palmetto,whokilledhimselfbyjumpinginfrontofasubwaytraininTimesSquare.
