From The Great Gatsby
From The Great Gatsby
From The Great Gatsby
Dressed up in white flannels I (1) ……… to his lawn a little after seven, and wandered
around rather (2) ……… among swirls and eddies of people I didn’t know - (3) ……… here
and there was a face I had noticed on the commuting (4) ……… . I was immediately struck
(5) ……… the number of young Englishmen dotted about; all (6) ……… dressed, all
looking a little hungry, and all talking in (7) ………, earnest voices to solid and prosperous
Americans. I was sure that they were selling something; bonds or (8) ……… automobiles.
They were (9) ……… antagonizingly aware of the easy money in the vicinity and (10)
……… that it was theirs for a few words in the right (11) ……… .
(12) ……… I arrived I made (13) ……… to find my host, but the two or three people (14)
……… I asked his whereabouts started at me in such an amazed (15) …………, and denied
so vehemently any knowledge of his movements, (16) …………. I slunk off in the direction
of the cocktail table – the only place in the garden where a single man (17) …… linger
without looking (18) …… .