Which word could correctly replace the word melancholy as it is used in this excerpt from mark twain’s the prince and the pauper?

there was a cold drizzle of rain; the atmosphere was murky; it was a melancholy day. at night tom reached home so wet and tired and hungry that it was not possible for his father and grandmother to observe his forlorn condition and not be moved—after their fashion; wherefore they gave him a brisk cuffing at once and sent him to bed.

a. pensive
b. gloomy
c. humid
d. dark

B. gloomy

Please rate fairly

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the answer is: tabard inn, southwark.

in "the canterbury tales," by geoffrey chaucer, the twenty-nine diverse group of pilgrims is staying at a tavern in southwark, london, as they are traveling to canterbury. they wish to visit the relics of saint thomas becket in canterbury   cathedral in order to him for his when they underwent necessities.