Igive brainliest which phrase from the paragraph best the reader understand the meaning of the underlined sentence? henry was late for a speech he was supposed to give at an awards ceremony. first, he couldn’t tie his tie, and he had to stop for gas. then his car got a flat tire halfway there, and he had to change it. by the time he arrived at the auditorium, he was out of breath. he'd been held up, but at least he was there. as he rushed down the aisle toward the stage, he muttered to himself, “better late than never.” he rushed down the aisle toward held up, but at least he was there supposed to give he had to change it

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.