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 Current Search - phoned in The Great Gatsby
1  Next day Gatsby called me on the phone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
2  Meyer Wolfshiem's name wasn't in the phone book.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
3  I was going to ask to see the rubies when the phone rang and Gatsby took up the receiver.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
4  Just before noon the phone woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
5  That was my fault--Gatsby had been called to the phone and I'd enjoyed these same people only two weeks before.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6
6  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
7  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
8  At two o'clock Gatsby put on his bathing suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
9  The butler gave me his office address on Broadway and I called Information, but by the time I had the number it was long after five and no one answered the phone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9