Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall.”He moves in darkness as it seems to me,Not of woods only and the shade of trees.He will not go behind his father's saying,And he likes having thought of it so wellHe says again, "Good fences make good neighbors."

The speaker describes his neighbor as moving “in darkness” and refusing to question the saying he inherited from his father. This suggests the neighbor values keeping a boundary between himself and others rather than building understanding. Choice C, “Some people prefer to stay disconnected from their neighbors,” best expresses that idea.

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