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El Gran Gatsby
Capítulo 5, Página 19
And
inside,
as
we
wandered
through
Marie
Antoinette
music-rooms
and
Restoration
Salons,
I
felt
that
there
were
guests
hidden
behind
every
couch
and
table,
under
orders
to
remain
breathlessly
silent
until
we
had
passed
through.
As
Gatsby
closed
the
door
of
“the
Merton
College
Library,”
I
could
have
sworn
I
heard
the
owl-eyed
man
break
into
ghostly
laughter.
We
went
upstairs,
moving
through
bedrooms
decorated
in
rose
and
lavender
silk,
filled
with
fresh
flowers.
We
passed
dressing
rooms,
poolrooms,
and
bathrooms
with
sunken
tubs,
and
even
intruded
into
a
room
where
a
disheveled
man
in
pajamas
was
doing
exercises
on
the
floor.
It
was
Mr.
Klipspringer,
the
"boarder,"
whom
I
had
seen
wandering
around
the
beach
earlier.
Eventually,
we
reached
Gatsby’s
own
apartment,
which
had
a
bedroom,
a
bath,
and
a
study
in
the
Adam
style.
We
sat
down
and
drank
a
glass
of
Chartreuse
that
he
took
from
a
cupboard
in
the
wall.
He
never
stopped
looking
at
Daisy,
and
I
think
he
reassessed
everything
in
his
house
based
on
her
reactions.
Sometimes
he
gazed
around
at
his
possessions
as
if,
in
her
astonishing
presence,
they
were
no
longer
real.
At
one
point,
he
almost
fell
down
a
flight
of
stairs.
His
bedroom
was
the
simplest
room—except
for
the
dresser,
which
had
a
set
of
pure
gold
toiletries.
Daisy
took
the
brush
with
delight
and
smoothed
her
hair,
making
Gatsby
sit
down,
cover
his
eyes,
and
start
laughing.
“It’s
the
funniest
thing,
old
sport,”
he
said
with
laughter.
“I
can’t—When
I
try
to—”
He
had
visibly
gone
through
two
states
and
was
entering
a
third.
After
his
embarrassment
and
unreasoning
joy,
he
was
filled
with
wonder
at
her
presence.
He
had
held
the
idea
for
so
long,
dreamed
it
to
the
end,
waiting
with
intense
focus.
Now,
in
reaction,
he
was
winding
down
like
an
overwound
clock.
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