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1  I walked back along the border of the lawn, traversed the gravel softly and tiptoed up the veranda steps.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2  It was dark here in front: only the bright door sent ten square feet of light volleying out into the soft black morning.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3  I was happier on the lawns because I had on shoes from England with rubber nobs on the soles that bit into the soft ground.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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4  A waiter knocked and came in with crushed mint and ice but the silence was unbroken by his "Thank you" and the soft closing of the door.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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5  We drove over to Fifth Avenue, so warm and soft, almost pastoral, on the summer Sunday afternoon that I wouldn't have been surprised to see a great flock of white sheep turn the corner.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  While we admired he brought more and the soft rich heap mounted higher--shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange with monograms of Indian blue.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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7  I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the park through the soft twilight but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, into my chair.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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