Which line from the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde best characterizes dr. jekyll as ill?

a. he did not rise to meet his visitor, but held out a cold hand and bade him welcome in a changed voice.
b. the doctor shuddered. "they were crying it in the square," he said. "i heard them in my dining-room." "utterson, i swear to god," cried the doctor, "i swear to god i will never set eyes on him again . ."
c. he was busy, he was much in the open air, he did good; his face seemed to open and brighten . .

a. He did not rise to meet his visitor, but held out a cold hand and bade him welcome in a changed voice.

Explanation:

"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a gothic novel written y Robert Louis Stevenson about the multiple personality of a good doctor named Dr. Jekyll. To overcome the superior influence of the monster within him led to Dr. Jekyll's sui cide by poison.

Chapter V of the text shows Dr. Jekyll "looking deathly sick". The sick nature of the good doctor was further emphasized by the accompanying lines "He did not rise to meet his visitor, but held out a cold hand and bade him welcome in a changed voice". These lines best characterize Dr. Jekyll as ill.

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