Read the excerpt from "the story of an hour."
it was her sister josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. her husband's friend richards was there, too, near her. it was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with brently mallard's name leading the list of "killed." he had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
she did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance.
which best describes the narrative voice?
the author uses an omniscient narrator to reveal the thoughts and motivations of multiple characters in the story.
the author uses an omniscient narrator to reveal the details of the railroad accident taking place far away.
the author uses a character in the story as a narrator to establish the closeness between the sisters.
the author uses a character in the story as a narrator to establish mrs. mallard’s grief at the news of her husband’s death.