Tom's thoughts

Daisy's cousin is arriving today from his house over in West Egg, but I personally have no care for him coming to my house. The west egg men are nothing but new money young men that have nothing established. This wasn't the case for Daisy's cousin Nick, who not only doesn't have new money, but in fact doesn't have a surplus of money at all. When he mentioned what bond company he is working for, he only stated that I will know of the company soon because of the success that he will bring forth for it. His manners were okay, but he lacks the elegance that comes with living in this area. I gave him a hard time, and plan to continue doing so for as long as he sticks around with us. From our meeting today, I wasn't impressed with him. The only reason I allow these meetings is the fact that he is family of Daisy. Nick is a smaller man, not nearly as strong as I. Not only is he a smaller man, he also isn't the most intelligent. He had no clue my references to the various novels that I read. His presence was in a way awkward, he didn't belong in my household. This is something i suppose he will have to get used to if he plans to continue meeting with Daisy since his recent move to West Egg. All I can say is that it doesn't matter to me if he continues to visit or disappears from the area and I were to never see him again.