Read this excerpt from "Midnight Ride." Paul Revere developed a plan to alert the townspeople across the Charles River of the British approach. He would hang one lantern in a church steeple if the British took the land route, or he would hang two lanterns ir the British took to the water, Based on this information, what can a reader infer about the author's purpose in the description of waiting for the belfry signal in "Paul Revere's Ride"? Support your answer with details from the text.​