Mamie's Eyes

"What you see stays with you...and, well, with me. You know too much."

"I know alcohol, Frank.  I know trouble when I see it."

"Well, then, Mamie, close your eyes."

The eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg, a billboard advertisement for an optometrist, served as a symbol and recurring motif in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

In our household, Mamie did not have need of an optometrist. Trouble was being painted with a bold stroke. Mamie saw it all.