How we cite our quotes: (Part.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Not once, but a hundred times, Paul had planned this entry into New York. He had gone over every detail of it with Charley Edwards, and in his scrap book at home there were pages of description about New York hotels, cut from the Sunday papers. (2.41)
Usually, you don't put your scrapbook together until after the vacation. Not Paul, though.
Quote #5
The flowers, the white linen, the many-coloured wine glasses, the gay toilettes of the women, the low popping of corks, the undulating repetitions of the Blue Danube from the orchestra, all flooded Paul's dream with bewildering radiance. (2.51)
We're seriously questioning Paul's financial planning skills, here. Three thousand dollars sounds like a lot of money until you blow it all on silk underwear and champagne.
Quote #6
He reflected drowsily, to the swell of the music and the chill sweetness of his wine, that he might have done it more wisely. He might have caught an outbound steamer and been well out of their clutches before now. But the other side of the world had seemed too far away and too uncertain then; he could not have waited for it; his need had been too sharp. (2.59)
Look, we get agitated if our email takes longer than two second to load, so we totally get this need for instant gratification. At the same time, maybe this inability to plan for the future has something to do with Paul's feelings of powerlessness.