“In the case of Beatrice’s money this was not so pronounced, but it was obvious that his father had devoted the previous year to several unfortunate gambles in oil. Very little of the oil had been burned, but Stephen Blaine had been rather badly singed.”
Verification
AttributedRecorded by a reliable secondary source; exact wording may differ.
Imported from Wikiquote; not yet checked by QuoteQuest against the original source.
Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Cite this source
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. (n.d.). Wikiquote: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald
Check citations against your institution's style guide; some details may be missing.
Provenance: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA)