August 1922
The weirdest thing happened today.
I was awoke this morning to the knocking at my door. I opened it up to see a young journalist with a notebook and writing object.
He said "Any comments Mr. Gatsby?"
I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about and so I replied "What?"
The man then walked away...
What in the name was all that for?
J.G.
You are notorious my dear James:
ReplyDeleteyour notoriety is being spread about by the hundreds who have accepted your hospitality and therefore have become authorities on your past, and since then have increased all summer until you fell just short of being news.
Contemporary legends such as the "underground pipe-line to Canada" attach themselves to you, and there is even one persistent story!
A story that you don't live in a house at all, but in a boat that looks like a house and is moved secretly up and down the Long Island shore.
Don't you think this would attract a reporter to have you comment on this??? you are drawing a lot of attention my dear friend.
Yes I understand that but all he said was "Any comments Mr. Gatsby?"
ReplyDeleteComments on what?