Back in Chapter One, Gatsby walked outside to his lawn, trembling, with his arms stretched out towards the water. He was actually staring across the water, at the far green light at the end of the dock on West Egg, where Daisy lives.
As the book goes on, Gatsby attempts to meet up with Daisy, but he never has the chance to. Gatsby hasn’t seen or talked to her for years. It is even implied that he has so many parties, but keeps to himself, only to look outside every so often at all his guests so he can see if there is any possibility she might be there.
The quote that Gatsby's “count of enchanted objects had diminished by one” means that the meaning of the green light disappears because there is no longer any distance between them.
The Bell Jar
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