CLOCK in Classic Quotes

1  "Ten o'clock," she remarked, apparently finding the time on the ceiling.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2  Then I was lying half asleep in the cold lower level of the Pennsylvania Station, staring at the morning "Tribune" and waiting for the four o'clock train.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2

3  At nine o'clock, one morning late in July Gatsby's gorgeous car lurched up the rocky drive to my door and gave out a burst of melody from its three noted horn.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 4

4  Again at eight o'clock, when the dark lanes of the Forties were five deep with throbbing taxi cabs, bound for the theatre district, I felt a sinking in my heart.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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5  By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived--no thin five-piece affair but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  I have been drunk just twice in my life and the second time was that afternoon so everything that happened has a dim hazy cast over it although until after eight o'clock the apartment was full of cheerful sun.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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