Chapter 3 Flashcards
“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among…”
“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the
whisperings and the champagne and the stars”
“they conducted themselves according to the rules of behaviour…”
“they conducted themselves according to the rules of behaviour associated with amusement parks”
“…floated at us through the twilight”
“A tray of cocktails floated at us through the twilight”
“Somebody told me they thought…”
“Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once”
“it’s more that he was a…”
“it’s more that he was a German spy during the war”
“Absolutely real-have pages and everything. I thought they’d be a nice durable…”
“Absolutely real-have pages and everything. I thought they’d be a nice durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they’re absolutely real”
“It was one of those rare smiles with a…”
“It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it”
“Precisely at that point it vanished-and I was looking at an elegant young rough-neck, … whose elaborate formality of…”
“Precisely at that point it vanished-and I was looking at an elegant young rough-neck, … whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd”
“The familiar expression held no more familiarity than the…”
“The familiar expression held no more familiarity than the hand which reassuringly brushed my shoulder”
“but violently shorn of one…”
“but violently shorn of one wheel, rested a new coupé”
“Suppose you met somebody just as…”
“Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself”
“I hope I never will,” she answered. “I hate…”
“I hope I never will,” she answered. “I hate careless people. That’s why I like you”
“I am one of the few…”
“I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known”
