The Mistress' death

"Michaelis and this man reached [Myrtle] first, but
when they had torn open her shirtwaist, still damp
with perspiration, they saw that her left breast was
swinging loose like a flap, and there was no need to
listen for the heart beneath." (137)
Tom's mistress, Myrtle, has been killed in a car accident. She ran into the road, thinking it was
Tom, but it was actually Daisy. Everyone believes
that it was Gatsby who was driving the car. These circumstances ended up leading to Gatsby's de