Maddison Cook

English

11 July, 18:43

Read the following short passage and answer the question.

I recognized her at once, without seeing her face, which was covered by the

winding-sheet, and on the marble cross, where shortly before I had read: "She loved, was loved, and died." I now saw: "Having gone out in the rain one day, in order to deceive her lover, she caught cold and died."

Why did the author include this passage in the story?

A. It explains why the narrator was so greatly upset by his beloved's death.

B. It makes the narrator look foolish for having decided to visit the graveyard.

C. It surprises both the narrator and the reader by revealing the dead woman's character.

D. It supports a claim made by the narrator at the beginning of the story.