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El Gran Gatsby
Capítulo 8, Página 3
But
he
didn’t
despise
himself,
and
things
didn’t
turn
out
as
he
had
planned.
He
probably
intended
to
take
what
he
could
and
leave—but
now
he
found
he
was
committed
to
pursuing
a
dream.
He
knew
Daisy
was
extraordinary,
but
he
didn’t
realize
how
extraordinary
a
“nice”
girl
could
be.
She
disappeared
into
her
rich
house,
into
her
rich,
full
life,
leaving
Gatsby
with
nothing.
He
felt
married
to
her,
that
was
all.
When
they
met
again,
two
days
later,
it
was
Gatsby
who
was
breathless
and
somehow
betrayed.
Her
porch
was
bright
with
the
bought
luxury
of
star-shine;
the
wicker
of
the
settee
squeaked
fashionably
as
she
turned
toward
him,
and
he
kissed
her
curious
and
lovely
mouth.
She
had
caught
a
cold,
which
made
her
voice
huskier
and
more
charming
than
ever,
and
Gatsby
was
overwhelmed
by
the
youth
and
mystery
that
wealth
captures
and
preserves,
by
the
freshness
of
many
clothes,
and
by
Daisy,
shining
like
silver,
safe
and
proud
above
the
struggles
of
the
poor.
“I
can’t
describe
to
you
how
surprised
I
was
to
find
out
I
loved
her,
old
sport.
I
even
hoped
for
a
while
that
she’d
leave
me,
but
she
didn’t,
because
she
was
in
love
with
me
too.
She
thought
I
knew
a
lot
because
I
knew
different
things
from
her…
Well,
there
I
was,
far
from
my
ambitions,
falling
deeper
in
love
every
minute,
and
suddenly
I
didn’t
care.
What
was
the
point
of
doing
great
things
if
I
could
have
a
better
time
telling
her
what
I
was
going
to
do?”
On
the
last
afternoon
before
he
went
abroad,
he
sat
with
Daisy
in
his
arms
for
a
long,
silent
time.
It
was
a
cold
autumn
day,
with
a
fire
in
the
room
and
her
cheeks
flushed.
Occasionally
she
moved,
and
he
adjusted
his
arm
slightly,
and
once
he
kissed
her
dark,
shining
hair.
The
afternoon
made
them
peaceful
for
a
while,
as
if
to
give
them
a
deep
memory
for
the
long
separation
the
next
day
promised.
They
had
never
been
closer
in
their
month
of
love,
nor
communicated
more
deeply,
than
when
she
brushed
her
silent
lips
against
his
coat’s
shoulder
or
when
he
gently
touched
her
fingertips,
as
though
she
were
asleep.
He
did
extraordinarily
well
in
the
war.
He
was
a
captain
before
going
to
the
front,
and
after
the
Argonne
battles,
he
was
promoted
and
commanded
the
divisional
machine-guns.
After
the
armistice,
he
tried
desperately
to
get
home,
but
some
complication
or
misunderstanding
sent
him
to
Oxford
instead.
He
was
worried
now—there
was
a
nervous
despair
in
Daisy’s
letters.
She
didn’t
understand
why
he
couldn’t
come.
She
felt
the
pressure
of
the
outside
world
and
wanted
to
see
him,
to
feel
his
presence
beside
her
and
be
reassured
that
she
was
doing
the
right
thing.
For
Daisy
was
young,
and
her
artificial
world
was
filled
with
orchids,
cheerful
snobbery,
and
orchestras
that
set
the
rhythm
of
the
year,
capturing
the
sadness
and
suggestiveness
of
life
in
new
tunes.
All
night,
the
saxophones
wailed
the
hopeless
comment
of
the
“Beale
Street
Blues”
while
a
hundred
pairs
of
golden
and
silver
slippers
shuffled
the
shining
dust.
At
the
grey
tea
hour,
there
were
always
rooms
that
throbbed
with
this
low,
sweet
fever,
while
fresh
faces
drifted
here
and
there
like
rose
petals
blown
by
the
sad
horns
around
the
floor.
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