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The Great Gatsby — Chapter 5 — Page 2

But, because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service to be rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there. Ive got my hands full, I said. Im much obliged but I couldnt take on any more work. You wouldnt have to do any business with Wolfshiem. Evidently he thought that I was shying away from the gonnegtion mentioned at lunch, but I assured him he was wrong. He waited a moment longer, hoping Id begin a conversation, but I was too absorbed to be responsive, so he went unwillingly home. The evening had made me lightheaded and happy; I think I walked into a deep sleep as I entered my front door. So I dont know whether or not Gatsby went to Coney Island, or for how many hours he glanced into rooms while his house blazed gaudily on. I called up Daisy from the office next morning, and invited her to come to tea. Dont bring Tom, I warned her. What? Dont bring Tom. Who is Tom? she asked innocently. The day agreed upon was pouring rain. At eleven oclock a man in a raincoat, dragging a lawn-mower, tapped at my front door and said that Mr. Gatsby had sent him over to cut my grass. This reminded me that I had forgotten to tell my Finn to come back, so I drove into West Egg Village to search for her among soggy whitewashed alleys and to buy some cups and lemons and flowers.