Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
i looked up. the spotty clouds looked like bits of melting snow pressed into the darkness, and the stars were out, sprinkled into the stillness beyond. the black trees swayed and the cold wind was familiar.
in this excerpt from “the passing,” the narrator is describing how he feels after what event?
a. attending his friend’s funeral
b. meeting his friend for the first time
c. talking to his friend for the last time

In this excerpt from "The passing" the narrator is describing how he feels after A) attending his friend's funeral.

The previous paragraph to the excerpt that we have here talks about the funeral in the following lines

"At the funeral, Joe Willow’s family cried, and old Fannie even fainted at the grave site when they started to cover him. "

the narrator closes the lantern tightly so the old man is

not awakened by the bright light

explanation:

6  then the  lord  said to cain, “why are you angry?   why is your face downcast?   7  if you do what is right, will you not be accepted? but if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;   it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”

8  now cain said to his brother abel, “let’s go out to the field.”  while they were in the field, cain attacked his brother abel and killed him.