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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: "It's an old clock," I told them idiotically.
I think we all believed for a moment that it had smashed in pieces on
the floor.
"We haven't met for many years," said Daisy, her voice as matter-of-fact
as it could ever be.
"Five years next November."
The automatic quality of Gatsby's answer set us all back at least another
minute. I had them both on their feet with the desperate suggestion that
they help me make tea in the kitchen when the demoniac Finn brought it in
on a tray.
Amid the welcome confusion of cups and cakes a certain physical decency
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