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1  It occurred to me now that I had seen her, or a picture of her, somewhere before.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2  It was a few days before the Fourth of July, and a grey, scrawny Italian child was setting torpedoes in a row along the railroad track.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3  Almost before I had grasped her meaning there was the flutter of a dress and the crunch of leather boots and Tom and Daisy were back at the table.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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4  And on Mondays eight servants including an extra gardener toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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5  Mrs. Wilson had changed her costume some time before and was now attired in an elaborate afternoon dress of cream colored chiffon, which gave out a continual rustle as she swept about the room.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  Upstairs, in the solemn echoing drive she let four taxi cabs drive away before she selected a new one, lavender-colored with grey upholstery, and in this we slid out from the mass of the station into the glowing sunshine.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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