He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths - so that he could 'come over' some afternoon to a stranger's garden.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
He had waited five years and bought a mansion where...
He had waited five years and bought a mansion where...
He had waited five years and bought a mansion where...
He had waited five years and bought a mansion where...
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This story is about a man who anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously and anonymously found a woman in his garden. The "starlight" is referring to the light that the man could give the woman should he choose to. He bought her a mansion so she could receive more starlight than someone else should he choose to give her.

Source: The Great Gatsby

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