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1  "Don't believe everything you hear, Nick," he advised me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2  I didn't hear the rest of the name because I hung up the receiver.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3  I didn't want to hear it and I avoided him when I got off the train.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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4  One night I did hear a material car there and saw its lights stop at his front steps.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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5  I hardly know where I am when I hear about a thing like this and am completely knocked down and out.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  I tried to go then, but they wouldn't hear of it; perhaps my presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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7  A subdued impassioned murmur was audible in the room beyond and Miss Baker leaned forward, unashamed, trying to hear.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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8  Only the Negro and I were near enough to hear what he said but the policeman caught something in the tone and looked over with truculent eyes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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9  It was strange to reach the marble steps and find no stir of bright dresses in and out the door, and hear no sound but bird voices in the trees.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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10  For several weeks I didn't see him or hear his voice on the phone--mostly I was in New York, trotting around with Jordan and trying to ingratiate myself with her senile aunt--but finally I went over to his house one Sunday afternoon.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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11  I spent my Saturday nights in New York because those gleaming, dazzling parties of his were with me so vividly that I could still hear the music and the laughter faint and incessant from his garden and the cars going up and down his drive.
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