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1  "I'll call you up," I said finally.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
2  Jordan's party were calling impatiently to her from the porch but she lingered for a moment to shake hands.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
3  I didn't want it to be in the papers and draw a sightseeing crowd so I'd been calling up a few people myself.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
4  When the phone rang that afternoon and Long Distance said Chicago was calling I thought this would be Daisy at last.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
5  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
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
6  Almost at the moment when Mr. Gatsby identified himself a butler hurried toward him with the information that Chicago was calling him on the wire.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
7  When we came into the station he was next to me and his white shirt-front pressed against my arm--and so I told him I'd have to call a policeman, but he knew I lied.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2
8  He had seen me several times and had intended to call on me long before but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it--signed Jay Gatsby in a majestic hand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
9  His eyes would drop slowly from the swinging light to the laden table by the wall and then jerk back to the light again and he gave out incessantly his high horrible call.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
10  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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11  But I didn't call to him for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone--he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1