Which of the following  best  illustrates a pair of sentences that are joined by an understood relationship?                 a.  luke put three dollars into the office football pool. he was looking forward to vacation.      b.  i don't understand a word you said. have you taken a course in english literature?       c.  detective smiley scanned the dim hallway. he pulled his pistol from its holster.      d.  it rained for ten days and ten nights. grandmother grady called a company to drill a well.

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.