What is the tone of the tea party scene in to kill a mockingbird?

In “drummer hodge,” which of thefollowing words best describes whatthe landscape is to hodge?

“what i heard was abominable,” said utterson. “it can make no change. you do not understand my position,” returned the doctor, with a certain incoherency of manner. “i am painfully situated, utterson; my position is a very strange—a very strange one. it is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking.” –the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, robert louis stevenson write two to three sentences explaining how this passage creates suspense.

Do postcards have any value?and explain