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1  Simultaneously I heard his voice, gruff, muffled, husky, at the hall telephone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
2  In a little while I heard a low husky sob and saw that the tears were overflowing down his face.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  As I tiptoed from the porch I heard my taxi feeling its way along the dark road toward the house.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  "I heard that from a man who knew all about him, grew up with him in Germany," he assured us positively.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  I hadn't gone twenty yards when I heard my name and Gatsby stepped from between two bushes into the path.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  Then I heard footsteps on a stairs and in a moment the thickish figure of a woman blocked out the light from the office door.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
7  As Gatsby closed the door of "the Merton College Library" I could have sworn I heard the owl-eyed man break into ghostly laughter.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
8  Then from the living room I heard a sort of choking murmur and part of a laugh followed by Daisy's voice on a clear artificial note.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  I sat down for a few minutes with my head in my hands, until I heard the phone taken up inside and the butler's voice calling a taxi.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  Dimly I heard someone murmur "Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on," and then the owl-eyed man said "Amen to that," in a brave voice.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
12  Toward dawn I heard a taxi go up Gatsby's drive and immediately I jumped out of bed and began to dress--I felt that I had something to tell him, something to warn him about and morning would be too late.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8