"Tom drove slowly until we were beyond the bend - then his foot came down hard, and the coupe raced along through the night. In a little while I heard a low husky sob, and saw that the tears were overflowing down his face.
'The God damned coward!' he whimpered. 'He didn't even stop his car'" (108).
Earlier in the chapter Tom learned that George Wilson had discovered his affair with Myrtle and was going to take her away. Now he found that she was killed by a car accident. Tom's dream of being with Myrtle faded when he knew she was leaving, but was crushed completely when she died.
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