CHAPTER 1
Main event - Nick `s narrative a little bit about himself and his existing life.
Then he went to see her cousin and her husband, and how he went there,
what he was doing, what he found.
3-word description - lifestyle; new news; fouling
Compared to real-life events - nowadays, events like this often happen and I
think this is current in many countries
Description (character) –
Tom Buchanans : He had changed since his New Haven years. Now he was a
sturdy straw-haired man of thirty, with a rather hard mouth and a
supercilious manner. Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance
over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively
forward. Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the
enormous power of that body—he seemed to fill those glistening boots until
he strained the top lacing, and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting
when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of
enormous leverage—a cruel body.
His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of
fractiousness he conveyed.…