The Reluctance to Go Home

Most of the remaining women were now having fights with men, said to be their husbands. Even Jordan's party, the quartet from East Egg, were rent asunder by dissension. The hall was at present occupied by two deplorably sober men and their highly indignant wives. Never heard anything so selfish in my life. We're always the first ones to leave, so are we. In spite of this wives agreement that such malevolence was beyond credibility, the dispute ended in a short struggle,. both wives were lifted, kicking, into the night.