Nick dines with the Buchanans

Nick drives to East Egg to have dinner with his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom. At their elegant mansion, he meets Jordan Baker, a professional golfer. The dinner reveals tensions in the Buchanan marriage: Tom receives a phone call from his mistress, and Daisy's voice carries a restless, magnetic quality. Tom expounds on racist theories from a book, and Daisy expresses cynical views about life. The evening ends with Nick learning from Jordan that Tom has a woman in New York.