The Great Gatsby - Holmdel

up the front steps was the first thing that alarmed any one.But they knew then, I firmly believe. With scarcely a wordsaid, four of us, the chauffeur, butler, gardener and I, hurrieddown to the pool.There was a faint, barely perceptible movement of thewater as the fresh flow from one end urged its way towardthe drain at the other. With little ripples that were hardlythe shadows of waves, the laden mattress moved irregularlydown the pool. A small gust of wind that scarcely corrugatedthe surface was enough to disturb its accidental coursewith its accidental burden. The touch of a cluster of leavesrevolved it slowly, tracing, like the leg of compass, a thin redcircle in the water.It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house thatthe gardener saw Wilson’s body a little way off in the grass,and the holocaust was complete.Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com173