44．“There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men girls came went like moths among the whisperings the champagne the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sof his beach while his two motor—boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week—ends his Rolls—Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to from the city between nine in the morning long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops scrubbing—brushes hammers garden—shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.”

Questions:

A．Identify the author the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.

B．What can you imply by reading this passage?

C．What do the “moths ” symbolize?