Dusk by H.H. Munro (Saki) So Gortsby's imagination pictured things as he sat on his bench in the almost deserted walk He was in the mood to count himself among the defeated. Money troubles did not press on him; had he so wished he could have strolled into the thoroughfares of light and noise, and taken his place among the jostling ranks of those who enjoyed prosperity or struggled for it. He had failed in a more subtle ambition, and for the moment he was heartsore and disilusionised and not disinclined to take a certain cynical pleasure in observing and labeling his fellow wanderers as they went their ways in the dark stretches between the lamp-lights. On the bench by his side sat an elderly gentleman with a drooping air of defiance that was probably the remaining vestige of self-respect in an individual who had ceased to defy successfully anybody or anything. His clothes could scarcely be called shabby, at least they passed muster in the half- light, but one's imagination could not have pictured the wearer embarking on the purchase of a half- crown box of chocolates or laying out ninepence on a carnation buttonhole. He belonged unmistakably to that forlorn orchestra to whose piping no one dances; he was one of the world's lamenters who induce no responsive weeping As he rose to go Gortsby imagined him returning to a home circle where he was snubbed and of no account , or to some bleak lodging where his ability to pay a weekly bill was the beginning and end of the Use the excerpt from H. H. Munro's story "Dusk" to answer the question. What is the primary theme of the passage? (1 point) the celebration of wealth and success the joy of nighttime activities in urban settings the importance of community and togetherness the isolation and defeat of individuals in society