But all this part of it emed remote and uial. I found mylf on Gatsby''s side, and alone. From the moment I telephoned news of the catastrophe to West Egg village, every surmi about him, and every practibsp;question, was referred to me. At first I was surprid and fud; then, as he lay in his hou and didn''t move or breathe or speak hour upon hour it grew upon me that I was responsible, bebsp;no one el was ied—ied, I mean, with that inten personal i to whibsp;every one has some vague right at the end.
I called up Daisy half an hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hesitation. But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them.
"Left no address?"
"No."
"Say when they''d be back?"
"No."
"Any idea where they are? How I could reabsp;them?"
"I don''t know. ''t say."
I wanted to get somebody for him. I wanted to go into the room where he lay and reassure him: "I''ll get somebody for you, Gatsby. Don''t worry. Just trust me and I''ll get somebody for you——"
But all this part of it emed remote and uial. I found mylf on Gatsby''s side, and alone. From the moment I telephoned news of the catastrophe to West Egg village, every surmi about him, and every practibsp;question, was referred to me. At first I was surprid and fud; then, as he lay in his hou and didn''t move or breathe or speak hour upon hour it grew upon me that I was responsible, bebsp;no one el was ied—ied, I mean, with that inten personal i to whibsp;every one has some vague right at the end.
I called up Daisy half an hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hesitation. But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them.
"Left no address?"
"No."
"Say when they''d be back?"
"No."
"Any idea where they are? How I could reabsp;them?"
"I don''t know. ''t say."
I wanted to get somebody for him. I wanted to go into the room where he lay and reassure him: "I''ll get somebody for you, Gatsby. Don''t worry. Just trust me and I''ll get somebody for you——"
Meyer Wolfshiem''s name wasn''t in the phone book. The butler gave me his offibsp;address on Broadway and I called Information, but by the time I had the number it was long after five and no one answered the phone.
"Will you ring again?"