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“My dear,” she cried, “I’m going to give you this dress as soon as I’m tired of it. I’ve got to get another one tomorrow. I’m going to make a list of all the things I’ve got to get. A massage and a hair wave, and a collar for the dog, and a wreath with black silk flowers for mother’s grave that’ll last all summer. I got to write down a list so I won’t forget all the things I got to do.”
It was nine o’clock – then I looked at my watch and found it was ten. Mr. McKee was asleep on a chair with his fists on his lap, like a photograph of an important man. The little dog was sitting on the table looking with blind eyes through the smoke, and from time to time groaning weakly. People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away. Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face, discussing in passionate voices if Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy’s name.
“Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!” shouted Mrs. Wilson. “I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai —”
Making a short skilled movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand[56 - Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand – Том Бьюкенен разбил ей нос ребром ладони].
Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor, and women’s voices scolding, and a high voice full of pain over all this noise. Mr. McKee awoke from his sleep and went toward the door. When he had gone halfway he turned around and looked at the scene – his wife and Catherine were scolding and calming Myrtle and constantly stumbling here and there among the crowded furniture. They tried to help despairing figure on the couch, who was bleeding fluently. Then Mr. McKee turned and continued on out the door. Taking my hat, I followed.
“Come to lunch some day,” he suggested, as we went down in the elevator.
“Where?”
“Anywhere.”
“All right,” I agreed, “I’ll be glad to.”
…I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands.
“Beauty and the Beast… Loneliness… Old Grocery Horse… Brook’n Bridge[57 - Brook’n Bridge = Brooklin Bridge – Бруклинский мост, один из старейших висячих мостов в США, его длина составляет 1825 метров]…”
Then I was lying half asleep in the cold lower level of the Pennsylvania Station, staring at the morning Tribune[58 - Tribune – политический еженедельный журнал «Трибьюн»], and waiting for the four o’clock train.
Exercises
1. Read the chapter and choose the right answer.
1. Nick first met Tom Buchanan’s mistress because
a) Tom drove him specially to her house to acquaint them.
b) They went to New York by train and it occasionally stopped near her house.
c) She came to Tom’s house.
2. Mr. Wilson wanted
a) to buy one of Tom’s cars.
b) to repair Tom’s car.
c) to sell a car to Tom.
3. How old was Mrs. Wilson?
a) about 25
b) about 30
c) about 35
4. What pet did Mrs. Wilson buy in New York?
a) a puppy
b) a kitten
c) a parrot
5. How many times in his life had Nick been drunk?
a) only one time
b) two times
c) three or four times
6. Chester McKee was
a) a painter.
b) a designer of dresses.
c) a photographer.
7. Why did Myrtle marry Mr. Wilson?
a) because she thought he was rich.
b) because she loved him.
c) because she thought he was a gentleman.
8. Tom and Myrtle first met
a) sitting opposite each other in the train to New York.
b) trying to catch a taxi.
c) getting into a subway train.
9. When Myrtle continued to repeat Daisy’s name Tom
a) shouted at her.
b) slapped her in the cheek.
c) hit her on the nose.
10. Nick ended the party sleeping
a) on Myrtle’s couch.
b) on the bed at the McKees’.
c) on the train station.
2. Practice the pronunciation of these words.
grotesque [grəʊˈtesk]
enormous [ɪˈnɔ:məs]
solemn [ˈsɒləm]
acquaintances [əˈkweɪntənsɪz]
persistent [pəˈsɪstənt]
impatiently [ɪmˈpeɪʃəntlɪ]
sensuously [ˈsensjʊəslɪ]
vitality [vaɪˈtælɪtɪ]
doubtful [ˈdaʊtfʊl]
enthusiastically [ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk(ə)lɪ]
indistinctly [ɪndɪˈstɪŋktlɪ]
feminine [ˈfemənən]
languid [ˈlæŋgwəd]
arrogance [ˈærəgəns]
adorable [əˈdɔ:rəbl]
nephew [ˈnevju]
twilight [ˈtwaɪlaɪt]
advertisement [ədˈvε:təsmənt]
artificial [ˌɑ:təˈfɪʃəl]
furniture [ˈfε:rnɪʧə]
tapestried [ˈtæpɪstrɪd]
despair [dɪsˈpεə]
triumphantly [traɪˈʌmfəntlɪ]
elaborateness [ɪˈlæbərɪtnəs]
ambiguously [æmˈbɪgjuəslɪ]
massage [məˈsɑ:ʒ]
wreath [ri:θ]
violent [ˈvaɪələnt]
unconvincingly [ˌʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋlɪ]
overweight [ˈəʊvərˌweɪt]
bureau [ˈbjʊrəʊ]
frivolous [ˈfrɪvələs]
interior [ɪnˈtɪrɪər]
haughtily [ˈhɔːtɪlɪ]
3. Fill in the blanks with the following adverbs and translate.
Pointlessly, haughtily, endlessly, admiringly, ambiguously, unconvincingly, accusingly, sensuously, intently, imperatively.
1. But above the gray land and the spasms of cheerless dust which move … over it, you notice, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg.
2. “I can’t complain,” answered Wilson … .
3. She was in the middle thirties, and faintly fat, but she carried her overweight body … as some women can.
4. “I want to see you,” said Tom … .
5. “That dog?” He looked at it … .
6. Mrs. Wilson gathered up her dog and other things she bought, and went … in.
7. Mr. McKee viewed her … with his head on one side.
8. “Well, I married him,” said Myrtle, … .
9. She looked at me and laughed … .
