The Great Gatsby
In chapter 8 of the great gatsby describe nick's day at work. In particular, describe his phone call from Jordan: her voice, what she tells him, and his response?
Please use quotations
Please use quotations
"Up in the city I tried for a while to list the quotations on an
interminable amount of stock, then I fell asleep in my swivel-chair.
Just before noon the phone woke me and I started up with sweat
breaking out on my forehead. "
Nick's phone call with Daisy is stilted and awkward,
"You weren't so nice to me last night."
"How could it have mattered then?"
Silence for a moment. Then--
"However--I want to see you."
"I want to see you too."
"Suppose I don't go to Southampton, and come into town this afternoon?"
"No--I don't think this afternoon."
"Very well."
"It's impossible this afternoon. Various----"