Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
and then he came. all of a sudden his arm was around my waist so warm and tight and he said very casually, "may i skate with you? " and then he took my hand. that's all there was to it. just that and then we were skating. it wasn't that i never skated with a boy before. don't be silly. i told you before, i get around. but this was different. he was a big shot up at school and he went to all the big dances and he was the best dancer in town except harold wright who didn't count because he'd been to college in new york for two years! don't you see? this was different. at first i can't remember what we talked about. i can't even remember if we talked at all. we just skated and laughed every time we came to that rough spot and pretty soon we were laughing all the time at nothing at all. it was all so lovely.
what is the tone of this excerpt from daly's "sixteen"?

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.