Chapter 17
Gatsby's Empty Funeral and Nick's Farewell to the East
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1 Nick steps back into the drawing-room, where officials he doesn't know stand around Gatsby's bier.
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2 Officials pull the sheet from Gatsby's still face as Nick stands frozen in the doorway
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3 Alone in the mansion hall, Nick tells a stranger on the Chicago line that Gatsby is dead
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4 In Gatsby's music-room, his father sits hunched on the canapé with a glass of milk
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5 Mr. Gatz rests a finger on young James Gatz's 1906 schedule in Hopalong Cassidy
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6 The funeral hour has passed in Gatsby's huge hall.
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7 A few people stand in the grey drizzle at Gatsby's open grave, beside a bare heap of wet clay.
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8 Nick Carraway stands in the quiet Manhattan sitting-room just after his last handshake with Jordan.
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9 On Fifth Avenue, Tom Buchanan stares at Nick in silence in front of the jeweller's lit window.
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10 Gatsby's beach at night is empty.
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11 A lone man sits on a moonlit beach, looking toward the tiny green light across the Sound
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