Великий Гэтсби / The Great Gatsby

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I knew now why her face was familiar – its pleasing contemptuous expression had looked out at me from many rotogravure[25 - rotogravure – вид гравюры, выполненный в технике ротационной глубокой печати] pictures of the sporting life at Asheville[26 - Asheville – город в районе Голубого хребта на западе штата Каролина; основан в 1794 г.] and Hot Springs[27 - Hot Springs – город и курорт с минеральными источниками в центральном Арканзасе] and Palm Beach[28 - Palm Beach – курортный город на юго-востоке Флориды].

�Good night,’ she said softly. �Wake me at eight won’t you.’

�If you’ll get up.’

�I will. Good night, Mr. Carraway. See you anon.

�Of course you will,’ confirmed Daisy. �In fact I think I’ll arrange a marriage. Come over often, Nick, and I’ll sort of – oh – fling you together. You know – lock you up accidentally in linen closets and push you out to sea in a boat, and all that sort of thing –’

�Good night,’ called Miss Baker from the stairs. ’I haven’t heard a word.’

�She’s a nice girl,’ said Tom after a moment. �They oughtn’t to let her run around the country this way.

�Who oughtn’t to?’ inquired Daisy coldly.

�Her family.’

�Her family is one aunt about a thousand years old. Besides, Nick’s going to look after her, aren’t you, Nick? She’s going to spend lots of week-ends out here this summer. I think the home influence will be very good for her.’

Daisy and Tom looked at each other for a moment in silence.

�Is she from New York?’ I asked quickly.

�From Louisville[29 - Louisville – крупнейший город штата Кентукки, основан в 1773 г.

�Did you give Nick a little heart to heart talk on the veranda?’ demanded Tom suddenly.

�Did I?’ She looked at me. �I can’t seem to remember, but I think we talked about the Nordic race[30 - The Nordic race – то же, что и Nordics (см. стр. 17)]. Yes, I’m sure we did.