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1  But no one knows the woman's name, and no one cares.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
2  "I was brought by a woman named Roosevelt," he continued.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3  Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply--I was casually sorry, and then I forgot.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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4  Gatsby indicated a gorgeous, scarcely human orchid of a woman who sat in state under a white plum tree.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6
5  Well, first Daisy turned away from the woman toward the other car, and then she lost her nerve and turned back.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
6  Then I heard footsteps on a stairs and in a moment the thickish figure of a woman blocked out the light from the office door.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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7  As for Tom, the fact that he "had some woman in New York" was really less surprising than that he had been depressed by a book.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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8  They were a party of three on horseback--Tom and a man named Sloane and a pretty woman in a brown riding habit who had been there previously.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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9  In the foreground four solemn men in dress suits are walking along the sidewalk with a stretcher on which lies a drunken woman in a white evening dress.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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10  Mr. Sloane didn't enter into the conversation but lounged back haughtily in his chair; the woman said nothing either--until unexpectedly, after two highballs, she became cordial.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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11  You see, when we left New York she was very nervous and she thought it would steady her to drive--and this woman rushed out at us just as we were passing a car coming the other way.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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12  I had a dog, at least I had him for a few days until he ran away, and an old Dodge and a Finnish woman who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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13  I picked it up with a weary bend and handed it back to her, holding it at arm's length and by the extreme tip of the corners to indicate that I had no designs upon it--but every one near by, including the woman, suspected me just the same.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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14  The straw seats of the car hovered on the edge of combustion; the woman next to me perspired delicately for a while into her white shirtwaist, and then, as her newspaper dampened under her fingers, lapsed despairingly into deep heat with a desolate cry.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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