My Pleasure Reading. Summary (pages 61-96)

    One morning, Gatsby invites Nick to lunch in the city, and introduces him to his business partner Meyer Wolfsheim, an infamous gambler who claims responsibility for fixing the 1919 World Series. Nick begins to suspect Gatsby of underworld dealings, due to his association with the sinister Wolfsheim. Besides, Nick and everyone can tell now that there is something fishy about Gatsby’s work, his supposed Oxford education, and his questionable place among society’s elite. 

   During Nick's next encounter with Jordan Baker, she tells him that Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan. In 1917, when Daisy was eighteen she fell in love with Jay Gatsby who was a lieutenant at the time. Though she had promised to wait for Gatsby's return, she accepted Tom Buchanan's proposal of a marriage while Gatsby was still away at war. According to Jordan, Gatsby bought his house in West Egg just in order to be close to Daisy. Jordan informs Nick that Gatsby wants him to arrange a reunion between himself and Daisy. The plan is for Nick to invite her over to tea and have her bump into Gatsby. Nick agrees and in a few days the meeting takes place at his house. At the beginning, their conversation is awkward and everybody feels embarrassed, but after Nick leaves the couple alone for a few minutes and then returns, they seem very happy.  After a while, Gatsby shows them his house and asks Ewing Klipspringer, a mysterious man who seems to live at his mansion, to play the piano for himself and Daisy. As Klipspringer plays, Gatsby and Daisy draw closer and closer together. Nick, realizing that his presence has become superfluous, quietly leaves them alone.