Read the excerpt from the nathanial hawthorne story “rappaccini's daughter.” giovanni, who had but a scanty supply of gold ducats (coins) in his pocket, took lodgings in a high and gloomy chamber of an old edifice (building)… which of the following best paraphrases the excerpt?
a. giovanni wore a gold necklace and lived in a tall building.
b. giovanni, who had little money, lived in a dingy room of an old building.
c. the room giovanni lived in was filled with gold.
d. giovanni lived in a big, beautiful old building.