"I'm just going to wait here and see if he tries to bother her about that unpleasantness
this afternoon. She's locked herself into her room and if he tries any
brutality she's going to turn the light out and on again."
"He won't touch her," I said. "He's not thinking about her."
"I don't trust him, old sport."
"How long are you going to wait?"
"All night if necessary. Anyhow till they all go to bed."
....
So I walked away and left him standing there in the
moonlight--watching over nothing
This quote shows Gatsby's dream of getting together with Daisy is dying. He is going to wait there all night to see if Tom is doing anything to Daisy but he is watching over nothing. Tom and Daisy is getting back together therefore there is no need for Gatsby to wait there because Daisy is not going to send the signal.
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