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1  He jumped off to give me a better view.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2  Jimmy always liked it better down East.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3  It's better that the shock should all come at once.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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4  The supercilious assumption was that on Sunday afternoon I had nothing better to do.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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5  There was one thing to be done before I left, an awkward, unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  At least a dozen men, some of them little better off than he was, explained to him that wheel and car were no longer joined by any physical bond.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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7  However, that was my fault, for he was one of those who used to sneer most bitterly at Gatsby on the courage of Gatsby's liquor and I should have known better than to call him.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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8  But I can still read the grey names and they will give you a better impression than my generalities of those who accepted Gatsby's hospitality and paid him the subtle tribute of knowing nothing whatever about him.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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