Talk English to me, Tommy.
Parlez francais avec moi, Nicole.
But the meanings are different-- in French you can be heroic and gallant with dignity, and you know it. But in English you can't be heroic and gallant without being a little absurd, and you know that too.

“he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I…”

“Hard to sit here and be close to you, and not kiss you.”

“It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispe…”

“When they met again two days later it was Gatsby who was breathless, who was so…”