Chapter 13
The Showdown in the Hotel Suite
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1 On the hottest afternoon of summer, the Plaza stands in a white-hot haze by Central Park
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2 Nick is relieved as Gatsby explains Oxford was offered to officers after the armistice
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3 In the stifling Plaza suite, Gatsby quietly tells Tom that his wife has never loved him
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4 Daisy looks toward Nick and Jordan for help that doesn't come
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5 Standing small in the Plaza suite, Daisy reluctantly says she never loved him
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6 Daisy sobs that she loved them both as Gatsby stands frozen beside her
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7 Daisy's "I loved you too" breaks Gatsby's five-year dream without a sound.
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8 For one instant in the stifling Plaza suite, Gatsby's polished mask drops away.
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10 The quarrel is over, and Daisy and Gatsby have left the stifling Plaza suite.
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11 In the cooling twilight, one small coupé crosses the huge dark span of the Queensboro Bridge.
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