Chapter 16
The Last Night and the Pool
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1 Before dawn, Gatsby's dark mansion and Nick's bungalow sink into fog above the Sound
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2 On a starlit Louisville porch, Daisy turns toward Lieutenant Gatsby on the wicker settee
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3 Before going abroad, the young officer holds Daisy by the fire and kisses her hair
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4 At dawn, Gatsby stares far beyond the open window and says it was just personal
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5 In a day-coach vestibule, Gatsby reaches toward Louisville as it slips away at sunset
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6 On the marble steps, Gatsby breaks into a radiant smile at Nick's only compliment
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7 Michaelis's hand stops above a new silver dog-leash, the only thing in the drawer
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8 At dawn, Wilson presses his face to the window, staring at the pale eyes of Eckleburg
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9 Gatsby lies adrift on his mattress in the marble pool under a raw autumn sky.
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10 A limp hand hangs from the air mattress as a thin red thread curves across the water
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