I spent my Saturday nights in New York because those gleaming, dazzling parties of his were with me so vividly that I could still hear the music and the laughter, faint and incessant, from his garden, and the cars going up and down the drive.
Nick describes how Gatsby's house is always busy because of parties. During the day, people swim and boat, and at night people party by dancing and drinking.
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I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited—they went there. . . . Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission.
Gatsby. Somebody told me—’”The two girls and Jordan leaned together confidently.‘Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once.’A thrill passed over all of us. The three Mr. Mumbles bent forward and listened eagerly.
One of Gatsby's workers goes to Nick's house to send an invitation to Nick. Nick says that he is one of the few people who were invited.
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Nick finds Jordan at the party and approaches her. He overhears two ladies talking about Gatsby. They speak rumors that they have heard about Gatsby.