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1  I'll telephone my sister Catherine.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2  You threw me over on the telephone.
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3  She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner-time.
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4  "He has to telephone," said Mr. Wolfshiem, following him with his eyes.
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5  Simultaneously I heard his voice, gruff, muffled, husky, at the hall telephone.
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6  Half an hour later Daisy herself telephoned and seemed relieved to find that I was coming.
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7  After that I felt a certain shame for Gatsby--one gentleman to whom I telephoned implied that he had got what he deserved.
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8  To a certain temperament the situation might have seemed intriguing--my own instinct was to telephone immediately for the police.
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9  The telephone book slipped from its nail and splashed to the floor, whereupon Jordan whispered "Excuse me"--but this time no one laughed.
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10  Through the hall of the Buchanans' house blew a faint wind, carrying the sound of the telephone bell out to Gatsby and me as we waited at the door.
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11  When, almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me.
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12  From the moment I telephoned news of the catastrophe to West Egg village, every surmise about him, and every practical question, was referred to me.
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13  The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air.
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14  Sitting on Tom's lap Mrs. Wilson called up several people on the telephone; then there were no cigarettes and I went out to buy some at the drug store on the corner.
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15  No telephone message arrived but the butler went without his sleep and waited for it until four o'clock--until long after there was any one to give it to if it came.
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16  My Finn informed me that Gatsby had dismissed every servant in his house a week ago and replaced them with half a dozen others, who never went into West Egg Village to be bribed by the tradesmen, but ordered moderate supplies over the telephone.
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17  This was a permanent move, said Daisy over the telephone, but I didn't believe it--I had no sight into Daisy's heart but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking a little wistfully for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game.
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