She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything inside her and directed it toward him, making him a profound promise of herself for so little, for the beat of a response, the assurance of a complimentary vibration in him.


The Portable F. Scott Fitzgerald (ed. 1945)


She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything inside her and directed it toward him, making him a profound promise of herself...

She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything inside her and directed it toward him, making him a profound promise of herself...

She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything inside her and directed it toward him, making him a profound promise of herself...

She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything inside her and directed it toward him, making him a profound promise of herself...