21 OCTOBER 1960, Page 28

6 • • and S. B. Whitebait, who was well

over 60' —from the list of the°, who came to GatsbY 5

Out of the shadows made by privet hedges in the green darkness at the edge of the lawn stepped the yellow white flannels of the old man still dressed for the afternoon.

The dancers staggered on Gatsby's terrace where there was more light and the waiters inched their way through the glitter, but (old men have to pee more often) he took his time coming out, waiting

in the black of the bushes for a

moment : '0 Diddy, don't' hissed the silver shadow in the hedge, and the air was thick with fireflies, the house and the dark garages towered above. Who can be well over sixty? He tugged at his blazer, adjusted his trousers, and returned to the big party.

JOHN HOLLAND°