Gatsby tells Nick that when he first dated Daisy, he led her to believe he was wealthy and able to take care of her. Nick tells the reader that, "As a matter of fact, he had no such facilities�he had no comfortable family standing behind him, and he was liable at the whim of an impersonal government to be blown anywhere about the world."
What does "facilities" mean in the context of this sentence?
In the same quote as before (also copied below), what does "liable" mean?
"As a matter of fact, he had no such facilities�he had no comfortable family standing behind him, and he was liable at the whim of an impersonal government to be blown anywhere about the world."
"For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant, cheerful snobbery and orchestras which set the rhythm of the year, summing up the sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes. "
"At the grey tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there like rose petals blown by the sad horns around the floor."
"At the grey tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there like rose petals blown by the sad horns around the floor."
"As a matter of fact, he had no such facilities�he had no comfortable family standing behind him, and he was liable at the whim of an impersonal government to be blown anywhere about the world."