Read this passage from beowulf.

then, saw the sage companions
who waited with hrothgar, watching the flood,
that the tossing waters turbid grew,
blood-stained the mere. old men together,
hoary-haired, of the hero spake;
the warrior would not, they weened, again,
proud of conquest, come to seek
their mighty master. to many it seemed
the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life.
the ninth hour came.

which of these words best describes the effect this passage creates?

a. dullness
b. suspense
c. horror
d. sorrow