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The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air. Among the broken fragments of the last five minutes at table I remember the candles being lit again, pointlessly, and I was conscious of wanting to look squarely at every one and yet to avoid all eyes. I couldn’t guess what Daisy and Tom were thinking but I doubt if even Miss Baker who seemed to have mastered a certain hardy skepticism was able utterly to put this fifth guest’s shrill metallic urgency out of mind. To a certain temperament the situation might have seemed intriguing—my own instinct was to telephone immediately for the police 去书内
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    When I read Daisy heard Tom's outside lover calling him, she did not quarrel with Tom directly, and in order to relieve the embarrassment at the banquet, she even volunteered to help Tom, which showed that Daisy was a person who took the overall situation into consideration.But at the same time, I also felt sorry for Daisy.

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