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"i want to wait here till daisy goes to bed. good night, old sport." 'He put his hands in his coast pocketss and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house, as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil. So i walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight-watching over nothing.' This is the last passage summery of chapter seven after we discovered that it was initially daisy who ran over myrtle with the yellow car causing her to die; it was considered an accident. what struck me the most was the fact that gatsby was willing to give up his own life and was ready to take the blame for myrtle's death for daisy's sake. after the night cooled down and it became dark, gatsby decided the least he could do for daisy at a distressed time like this was to watch over her throughout the night. he still somehow managed to grasp on the hope that daisy would decide to leave everything and come to him and in that case he wanted to be at a convinient location and accessible. it is also impressive to see gatsby prove just how desperately he wanted daisy by the physical exhaustion and slomber he would have to endure while waiting all night. this proves that he is ready to do about anything at any measure to acheive his dream. nick describes gatsby's wait as "watching over nothing" because as far as the realistic eye can see, it is not probable that daisy would come around because the odds are too great. gatsby just cannot give the impression of getting over himself and he will not because daisy could not become his daisy and the world cannot function on his favor constantly.