One minute it was there. the next — gone. i was sitting at the café drinking orange juice. my wallet was on the table. a dish dropped in the kitchen, and i turned to look. when i turned back, my wallet was gone. i stood up in panic. i spun around. no one was nearby. i ran through the door and looked down the street. a figure sidestepped into the alley. "hey! " i yelled, running after him. my feet smacked against the pavement. which statement best describes how the pacing of the passage affects the tone? a. the slow pace give the passage a nervous tone. b. the quick pace give the passage an anxious tone. c. the slow pace give the passage a relaxed tone. d. the quick pace give the passage a thoughtful tone.

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Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.