With his hands still in his coat pockets he stalked by me into the hall, turned sharply as if he were on a wire, and disappeared into the living- room. It wasn't a bit funny. Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled the door to against the increasing rain.
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What a strange sentence Fitzgerald is using! At first, I thought this was a printing error. But lo and behold, it is exactly the same in physical print. The sentence would sound better to me without the "to" in front of "against" and still render the meaning well enough.
BTW.. I am liking your Reformator program very much!...
I also want to clarify some formatting options...
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