"Daisy tumbled short of his dreams, not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion...no amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man willstore up in his ghostly heart." F. Scott Fitzgerald
The expectations of his relationship with Daisy did not meet with reality in F. Scott Fitsgerald's "The Great Gatsby."
The act of being forced to walk a seemingly very long hallway or corridor after the flagulance of another person is still fresh in the air, with the gas being trapped and concentrated within its small envelope.
" I had to walk the green mile to get to My apartment Tonight; I don't know Who it was or what They ate!"