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The Fowl in the Pot

by Stanley J. Weyman (excerpt)

Arriving at a house, which, if we might judge in the darkness, seemed to be of rather greater pretensions than its fellows, our guide stopped, and whispered to us to mount some steps to a raised wooden gallery, which intervened between the lane and the doorway. On this, besides the door, a couple of unglazed windows looked out. The shutter of one was ajar, and showed us a large, bare room, lighted by a couple of rushlights. Directing us to place ourselves close to this shutter, the innkeeper knocked at the door in a peculiar fashion, and almost immediately entered, going at once into the lighted room. Peering cautiously through the window we were surprised to find that the only person within, save the newcomer, was a young woman, who, crouching over a smoldering fire, was crooning a lullaby while she attended to a large black pot.

Which word best describes the tone of the excerpt?

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26 June, 16:36

Read the excerpt.

The Fowl in the Pot

by Stanley J. Weyman (excerpt)

Arriving at a house, which, if we might judge in the darkness, seemed to be of rather greater pretensions than its fellows, our guide stopped, and whispered to us to mount some steps to a raised wooden gallery, which intervened between the lane and the doorway. On this, besides the door, a couple of unglazed windows looked out. The shutter of one was ajar, and showed us a large, bare room, lighted by a couple of rushlights. Directing us to place ourselves close to this shutter, the innkeeper knocked at the door in a peculiar fashion, and almost immediately entered, going at once into the lighted room. Peering cautiously through the window we were surprised to find that the only person within, save the newcomer, was a young woman, who, crouching over a smoldering fire, was crooning a lullaby while she attended to a large black pot.

Which word best describes the tone of the excerpt?

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Alonso Rose · Answer 1

The setting shown of this excerpt is an old, dingy, atmosphere which was a little scary also.

Explanation:

In the Fowl in the pot which was written by Stanley J. Weyman, the setting that has been shown is not very pleasant. It gives the feeling of quite an old room which is dingy.

The atmosphere that the author is trying to show here is a little scary also and the author makes the readers actually imagine the setting which has been described in the lesson. The tone of the lesson is scary, old, dingy and not very pleasant.

Kathleen Reilly · Answer 2

it C

troubled