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XI . The Plaza Hotel Tom drove on towards the city at fifty miles an hour . His wife and his lover , who had been safe in his hands until an hour ago , were both slipping away from him . Near the city we caught up with Daisy and Gatsby in the blue coupé , and in the end we all took a room in a suite at the Plaza Hotel . Daisy had suggested that we should hire five bathrooms and take cold baths . The room was large and very hot , and though it was already four o’clock , the open windows let in only hot air from the park . Below us , in the ballroom of the hotel , a wedding had begun , and we could hear the music of the Wedding March . “ By the way , Mr Gatsby , ” said Tom , “ I understand you’re an Oxford man . I’d like to know when you went there . ” “ It was in 1919 . I only stayed five months , so I can’t really call myself an Oxford man . It was a chance that they gave to some of the officers after the war . We could go to any of the universities in England or France . ” I wanted to get up and slap him on the back . I had one of those moments when I believed in him completely again . “ I want to ask Mr Gatsby one more question , ” Tom went on . “ What kind of a row are you trying to cause in my house anyhow ? ” “ He isn’t causing a row , ” said Daisy , looking desperately from one to the other . “ You’re causing a row . Please have a little self - control . ” “ Self - control ! ” Tom repeated . “ I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife . ” “ Your wife doesn’t love you , ” said Gatsby . “ She’s never loved you . She loves me . She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me . It was a terrible mistake , but in her heart she never loved anyone except me ! ” Jordan and I tried to go , but Tom and Gatsby both insisted that we should stay , as if neither of them had anything to hide . “ You’re crazy ! ” Tom exploded . “ I can’t speak about what happened five years ago , because I didn’t know Daisy then . But Daisy loved me when she married me , and she loves me now . Once in a while I go off and make a fool of myself , but I always come back , and in my heart I love her all the time . ” “ You’re revolting , ” said Daisy . “ Daisy , that’s all over now , ” said Gatsby . “ It doesn’t matter any more . Just tell him the truth , that you never loved him , and it’s all wiped out for ever . ” She looked at Jordan and me , as if she realised at last what she was doing , but it was too late . “ I never loved him , ” she said unwillingly . “ Not in Hawaii ? ” Tom asked suddenly , with a soft tenderness in his voice . “ Not that day I carried you down from the Punch Bowl to keep your shoes dry ? Daisy ? ” “ Please don’t . ” She turned to Gatsby , and her hand trembled as she tried to light a cigarette . “ Oh , you want too much ! I love you now . Isn’t that enough ? I can’t help what’s past . I did love him once , but I loved you too . ”
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