The Great Gatsby Page #5

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- Daisy!

- It's all right. You have my permission.

Jordan will chaperone.

You'll keep watch, won't you?

For a fire or a flood or an act of God?

Kiss me.

Hiya, Buchanan.

Sharks in my hair!

There are sharks in my hair!

- Have you seen Daisy?

- No, I haven't.

- But Jordan told me she was with you.

- She was with Gatsby and some people.

Tell me, who is this Gatsby fellow?

Some big bootlegger?

- I heard he was a relative of the Kaiser.

- Nick...

I figure he's just a bootlegger.

A lot of these newly rich people

are just bootleggers.

- Not Gatsby.

- No...

He must have strained himself

to get this lot together.

- At least they're interesting.

- Where have you been?

- Up dancing.

- I don't have to ask who with, do I?

- It wasn't Beluga, the tobacco importer.

- Give it to me.

Where is he now?

Without a shirt,

without a shirt.

- Who, Beluga?

- No, not Beluga. Gatsby.

- He had a phone call.

- Really?

I want to know who he is

and what he does. Get in the car, now.

- Now.

- Now, Daisy.

I can tell you what he does.

He owns a lot of drugstores.

- He built them up himself.

- Get in the car.

Without a shirt...

Daisy! Get in!

Goodnight, Nick.

Without a shirt, goodnight.

See you, Nick. Get in the car.

Without a shirt, without a shirt

Thank you for staying, Nick.

- She didn't like it.

- Of course she did.

She didn't have a good time.

I'll fix everything...

Just the way it was before. She'll see.

You can't repeat the past.

Can't repeat the past?

Of course you can!

Find out where his

money comes from.

What clubs he belongs to.

Who his parents are

and where they live.

And his women.

I want to know about his women.

- Put on your uniform.

- That's foolish.

Good! Let's be foolish.

Put on your uniform and we'll turn out

all the lights except for a single candle.

And I'll let you tell me you love me.

Do you remember that night?

That still October night.

I've felt married

to you ever since.

I knew that if I could kiss you...

If I could kiss you...

I love you, Jay.

Did you know that I bought this house

just to be across the bay from you?

Don't say that. I'll start to cry again.

Jay!

It's the colour of the light on your dock.

But... You know I can't wear it.

You wear it for me.

- I'll love you forever.

- Kiss me.

Be my lover.

- Stay my lover.

- I'll be your husband.

Husband and lover.

Hi... I'm from the New York Journal.

Wanted to ask you some questions

about your neighbour.

- Mr Gatsby?

- What sort of questions?

I was just wondering if you've

seen anything interesting going on?

No.

I've been hearing his name a lot

the last couple of weeks.

Seems he and Meyer Wolfsheim...

You know that name?

Got something big cooking.

- I don't know what you mean.

- This is unofficial. It's my day off.

I like to come out here sometimes

on my day off.

If you want to know something,

why not ask Mr Gatsby?

When curiosity about Gatsby

was at its highest,

the lights in his house failed to go on,

one Saturday night.

Are you closing your place down?

No.

I hear you fired all your servants.

Daisy comes over quite often

in the afternoon. I don't want gossip.

You seem to attract it.

They say you killed a man.

Just one?

And you?

- Have you ever loved anybody else?

- No.

Of course, you could

never love anybody but me.

I love the way you love me.

I don't want you to go home to him

any more. I want to tell him.

We'll tell him.

I promise.

We'll tell him.

Soon.

I read somewhere that it's...

The sun's getting hotter every year.

Seems that the earth

is going to fall onto the sun.

Actually, it's just the opposite of that.

The sun is getting colder every year.

Excuse me, sir.

Mr Davis Goff is on the telephone.

Excuse me.

You know I love you.

You forget there's a lady present.

- You kiss Nick, too.

- What a low, vulgar girl.

I don't care.

Mummy!

Blessed precious!

Come to your own mother

that loves you!

Now... Say, "How d'you do?"

How do you do?

Say, "How d'you do?"

How do you do?

You dream! You absolute little dream!

Yes. Aunt Jordan's

got a blue dress, too.

How do you like Mother's friends?

Do you think they're pretty?

Where's Daddy?

She doesn't look like her father,

she looks like me.

She's got my hair

and the shape of the face.

Come, Pammy.

- Goodbye, sweetheart.

- Goodbye, Mummy.

- Daddy!

- How's Daddy's little girl?

I met all Mummy's friends.

That's my good girl.

You run along and I'll see you later.

Well...

What'll we do with ourselves

this afternoon?

And the day after that?

And the next 30 years?

Don't be morbid! Life starts again

when things get crisp in the fall.

But it's so hot!

And everything's so confused!

- Let's all go to town.

- That's an idea.

You look so cool!

You always look so cool.

I mean, you resemble

the advertisement of the man...

All right.

I'm perfectly willing to go to town.

Why don't we all go to town?

Come on. If we're going, let's start.

Let's have some fun! It's too hot to fuss.

I don't get the idea of going to town.

Women...

- Get these notions in their heads.

- Shall we take anything to drink?

I'll get some whisky.

I can't say anything

inside his house, old sport.

She's got an indiscreet voice.

- It's full of...

- It's full of...

Her voice is full of money.

Jay Gatsby!

- Shall we take my car?

- Is it a standard shift?

Yes.

Then why don't you let me take your car,

and you take mine?

- There's not much gas.

- There's plenty.

If we run out we can stop at a drugstore.

You can buy anything in a drugstore.

Daisy, ride with me in the circus wagon.

No, you take Nick and Jordan.

We'll follow.

- Did you see that?

- Did I see what?

I've investigated this fellow, you know.

- And found he was an Oxford man.

- Oxford like hell!

- He wears a goddamn pink suit.

- Nevertheless, he is an Oxford man.

Oxford, New Mexico!

Or something like that.

Well? Let's have some gas!

I'm sick... I've been sick all day.

Do I have to help myself?

I'm sorry.

Mr Buchanan, I was wondering

when you'd let me have your blue car.

How do you like this one?

I bought it last week.

- It's a nice yellow one.

- Like to buy it, would you?

Big chance!

No, but I could use the other.

I need money pretty bad right now.

- My wife and I want to go West.

- Your wife wants to go?

I just got wised up to something funny

the last few days.

That's why I need the...

That's why I want to go away.

That's why I bother you about the car.

That's enough gas.

How much do I owe you?

$1.20.

I'll let you have that car.

I'll send it around tomorrow afternoon.

I love New York on summer afternoons

when everyone's away.

There's something sensuous about it,

a little ripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits

are going to fall into your hands.

- Where are we going?

- How about the movies?

It's too hot! You go,

we'll drive around and meet you after.

We'll meet you on some corner.

I'll be the man smoking two cigarettes.

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