For example, "...Tom Buchanan, his daughter and I went together to New York...for Mrs. Wilson was sitting discreetly in another car" (26). Even though Tom is close to Myrtle, he knows how much it would damage his reputation if one of his rich friends saw him with Mrytle, so he makes her sit in another car. Likewise, Tom realizes the recklessness in his choices that he makes because it is both bad for himself, if someone in the "secret" society finds out that he has a mistress. Plus, it's bad for Daisy because she's being cheated on without even knowing it. Along with Gatsby and Tom, Daisy also commits reckless behavior when she does not go to Gatsby's funeral. All his life, Gatsby acquired wealth and a huge mansion in the Long Island Sound, right across the street from Daisy's house, just to impress Daisy. He even threw extravagant parties to lure Daisy to his home. After Daisy decides she doesn't want to go to Gatsby's funeral, Nick Carraway concludes: "They were carefree people, Tom and Daisy. They broke things and creatures, then retreated to their money or their vast space.