Chapter 4
First Party at Gatsby's House
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1 At summer dusk, Gatsby's mansion blazes with coloured lights over the dark Sound
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2 Nick spots a familiar face above the crowd at Gatsby's first party.
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3 After a whisper that he killed a man, the table turns to search the garden for Gatsby
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4 Nick and Jordan leave the noisy party and step into a hushed, lantern-lit Gothic library.
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5 In the second before he says his name, the stranger at the table stops and looks blankly at Nick.
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6 Gatsby's rare smile of eternal reassurance turns fully on Nick at the midnight table.
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7 At the party's height, tipsy girls fall laughing into waiting arms as a quartet sways
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8 Late at night, Gatsby and Jordan Baker come out of the Gothic library sharing a secret
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9 Past Gatsby's gate, a coupé sits in the ditch, one wheel off, lit by a dozen headlights
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10 A large patent dancing shoe emerges from the wrecked coupé into the headlight glare
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11 Nick looks back from his own ragged lawn after the party.
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