[27] “Iheardthatfromamanwhoknewallabouthim, grewupwithhiminGermany,”heassureduspositively.
[28] “Oh, no,” saidthefirstgirl, “itcouldn’tbethat, becausehewasintheAmericanarmyduringthewar.” Asourcredulityswitchedbacktohersheleanedforwardwithenthusiasm.“Youlookathimsometimeswhenhethinksnobody’slookingathim.I’llbethekilledaman.”
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[30] Thefirstsupper — therewouldbeanotheroneaftermidnight — wasnowbeingserved, andJordaninvitedmetojoinherownparty, ’sescort, apersistentundergraduategiventoviolentinnuendo, , thispartyhadpreservedadignifiedhomogeneity, andassumedtoitselfthefunctionofrepresentingthestaidnobilityofthecountry-side — EastEggcondescendingtoWestEgg, andcarefullyonguardagainstitsspectroscopicgayety.
[31] “Let’sgetout,” whisperedJordan, afterasomehowwastefulandinappropriatehalf-hour.“Thisismuchtoopoliteforme.”
[32] Wegotup, andsheexplainedthatweweregoingtofindthehost: Ihadnevermethim, shesaid, , melancholyway.
[33] Thebar, whereweglancedfirst, wascrowded, ’tfindhimfromthetopofthesteps, andhewasn’tontheveranda.
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[34] Therewasdancingnowonthecanvasinthegarden; oldmenpushingyounggirlsbackwardineternalgracelesscircles, superiorcouplesholdingeachothertortuously, fashionably, andkeepinginthecorners — , andanotoriouscontraltohadsunginjazz, andbetweenthenumberspeopleweredoing “stunts”alloverthegarden, whilehappy, , whoturnedouttobethegirlsinyellow, didababyactincostume, , andfloatingintheSoundwasatriangleofsilverscales, tremblingalittletothestiff, tinnydripofthebanjoesonthelawn.
