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  • The young Greek, Michaelis, who ran the coffee joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest.

    The Great Gatsby 2003

  • When I passed the ashheaps on the train that morning I had crossed deliberately to the other side of the car.

    The Great Gatsby 2003

  • New York with Tom on the train one afternoon, and when we stopped by the ashheaps he jumped to his feet and, taking hold of my elbow, literally forced me from the car.

    The Great Gatsby 2003

  • Wilson’s glazed eyes turned out to the ashheaps, where small gray clouds took on fantastic shape and scurried here and there in the faint dawn wind.

    The Great Gatsby 2003

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