So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2002). F. Scott Fitzgerald: Trimalchio: An Early Version of 'The Great Gatsby', p.115, Cambridge University Press
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So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2002). F. Scott Fitzgerald: Trimalchio: An Early Version of 'The Great Gatsby', p.115, Cambridge University Press

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