The participle phrase is "hearing the footsteps of its owner".
The writers who most likely influenced our Founding Fathers are Locke and Voltaire, as well as Spinoza and Rousseau.
These writers were very political in nature, and their ideas about a free country resonated with the Founding Fathers when they wanted to establish a liberated America based on the principles of democracy and natural freedoms, as well as basic and more advanced human rights.
Nick has a lunch with Gatsby and Wolfshiem is there. He mentions to Nick that<span> he is a gentleman of
“good breeding,” not the type to go after anybody’s wife or anything</span>
The answer is D, Soft-heartedness versus Soft-headedness
