Saturday morning I had the fabulous opportunity of waking up around 7:00 to go to school and board the bus at 8:30 for the DeKalb County Swimming Championship. Luckily right before I left my house I stuck my book into the pocket of my swim bag. So on the bus ride to Dynamo on which we got lost. I managed to read chapter IV.
In this chapter we learn how before the Great War Daisy and Gatsby were intertwined with each other. He bought the mansion close to her house so that he could see her again. When Jordan Baker came to his party the conspired to reunite himself and Daisy via cousin Nick. I get the feeling towards the end of this chapter that Nick is kind of overwhelmed. I would be too. I wonder what shall occur when Daisy finds out.
One thing I find interesting whilst reading this book is the spelling of today, tomorrow and weekend. (My copy is the movie edition from the 70's. I don't know if more modern versions have them updated or not.) The words are spelled with hyphens: to-day, to-morrow and week-end. I just found that more like my old collection of Nancy Drews. I've always wondered why the words were like that. I believe good-bye was also like that in Nancy Drew at least. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary today was first two words then hyphonated until the later 20th century. It doesn't say why the words were merged but other than that I suppose it's interesting.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php
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