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1  Meyer Wolfshiem's name wasn't in the phone book.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2  "The old Metropole," brooded Mr. Wolfshiem gloomily.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3  Mr. Wolfshiem raised his hand in a sort of benediction.
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4  They're some people Wolfshiem wanted to do something for.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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5  "He has to telephone," said Mr. Wolfshiem, following him with his eyes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  In a moment Meyer Wolfshiem stood solemnly in the doorway, holding out both hands.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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7  "This is a nice restaurant here," said Mr. Wolfshiem looking at the Presbyterian nymphs on the ceiling.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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8  Suddenly he looked at his watch, jumped up and hurried from the room leaving me with Mr. Wolfshiem at the table.
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9  The morning of the funeral I went up to New York to see Meyer Wolfshiem; I couldn't seem to reach him any other way.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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10  He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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11  When the subject of this instinctive trust returned to the table and sat down Mr. Wolfshiem drank his coffee with a jerk and got to his feet.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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12  Next morning I sent the butler to New York with a letter to Wolfshiem which asked for information and urged him to come out on the next train.
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13  A succulent hash arrived, and Mr. Wolfshiem, forgetting the more sentimental atmosphere of the old Metropole, began to eat with ferocious delicacy.
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14  When the butler brought back Wolfshiem's answer I began to have a feeling of defiance, of scornful solidarity between Gatsby and me against them all.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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15  For all I knew he was going to rob the house in a moment; I wouldn't have been surprised to see sinister faces, the faces of "Wolfshiem's people," behind him in the dark shrubbery.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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16  Gatsby took an arm of each of us and moved forward into the restaurant whereupon Mr. Wolfshiem swallowed a new sentence he was starting and lapsed into a somnambulatory abstraction.
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17  I was sure he'd start when he saw the newspapers, just as I was sure there'd be a wire from Daisy before noon--but neither a wire nor Mr. Wolfshiem arrived, no one arrived except more police and photographers and newspaper men.
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