By morning, Michaelis is exhausted and returns home to sleep. George Wilson, despondent at Myrtle's death, appears irrational when Michaelis attempts to engage him in conversation. The narrative again shifts time and focus, as Fitzgerald goes back in time, to the evening prior, in the valley of ashes. He phones Gatsby and, unable to reach him, decides to head home early. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."įor Nick, the day drags on he feels uneasy, preoccupied with the past day's adventures. He doesn't want to leave Gatsby, impulsively declaring "They're a rotten crowd. Nick, purposely moving slowly, heads to his train. He says he plans on draining the pool because the season is over, but Gatsby asks him to wait because he hasn't used the pool at all. The men are finishing breakfast as Gatsby's gardener arrives. She was on her honeymoon and Gatsby was left with a "melancholy beauty," as well as the idea that if he had only searched harder he would have found her. Moving back to the present, Gatsby and Nick continue their discussion of Daisy and how Gatsby had gone to Louisville to find her upon his return to the United States. Daisy didn't understand why he didn't return directly and, over time, her interest began to wane until she eventually broke off their relationship. He excelled in battle and when the war was over, he tried to get home, but ended up at Oxford instead. The reader also learns that, when courting, Daisy and Gatsby had been intimate with each other and it was this act of intimacy that bonded him to her inexorably, feeling "married to her." Gatsby left Daisy, heading off to war. Nick suggests Gatsby leave town for a while, certain Gatsby's car would be identified as the "death car." Nick's comments make Gatsby reveal the story of his past, "because 'Jay Gatsby' had broken up like glass against Tom's hard malice." Daisy, Gatsby reveals, was his social superior, yet they fell deeply in love. Gatsby reveals that nothing happened while he kept his watch. He goes to Gatsby's, feeling he should tell him something (even he doesn't know what, exactly). Nick wakes as Chapter 8 opens, hearing Gatsby return home from his all-night vigil at the Buchanans.
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