Read the passage from “The Little Regiment,” then answer the question. “When were borne past them some wounded men with gray and blood-smeared faces, and eyes that rolled in that helpless beseeching for assistance from the sky which comes with supreme pain, the soldiers in the mud watched intently, and from time to time asked of the bearers an account of the affair.” Stephen Crane, "The Little Regiment," 1897. What is the best paraphrase of this passage? A) The soldiers who are waiting to fight see the wounded and hope too for their chance to be heroic in battle. B) The soldiers are more affected by the miserable weather than by any threat from the enemy. C) As the wounded are carried from the front, the soldiers stop joking and try to find out what is happening in the battle. D) When they see the wounded, the soldiers begin to joke and jostle as a way to break the tension.